Braised Slices of Teal

Ingredients

• a couple of plump teal
• some peanut oil
• an onion
• a large cupful of very strong stock
• a tablespoonful of soy
• a little sugar
• and pepper
• a teaspoonful of pounded ginger
• a tablespoonful of ground green chillies

Method

1. 1

   Fry sliced onion in peanut oil until brown.

2. 2

   Add teal fillets and brown.

3. 3

   Add pounded bacon, strong stock, oil, flour, soy, sugar, pepper, ginger, and chillies.

4. 4

   Simmer gently for an hour.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Banquets of the nations (1911) by Robert H. Christie, page 48. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Braised Slices of Teal.) Remove the fillets from a couple of plump teal. Put some peanut oil into a pan, and when quite hot slice an onion very thin into it, and fry till brown. Then put in the fillets of teal and brown, after which throw in a table- spoonful of pounded bacon which has been fried till brown and quite brittle, a large cupful of very strong stock made of the bones and trimmings of the birds, a tablespoonful of oil, half a tablespoonful of flour ; season with a table- spoonful of soy, a little sugar and pepper, a teaspoonful of pounded ginger, and a tablespoonful of ground green chillies

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