Chicken Chow Mein - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 large hen
4 Tbsp. butter
4 Tbsp. flour
4 c. chicken broth
6 thin slices onion
pepper to taste
2 cans water chestnuts
2 cans bamboo shoots
1/2 c. soy sauce
variety of Chinese vegetables (2 c. each)
1 can bean sprouts
4 c. diced chicken
1 large can mushrooms

Preparation

Boil hen until tender.
Save stock.
Dice the chicken and measure by cupfuls.
Brown the flour in the butter and stir the broth to make brown gravy.
Add onion.
Season to taste with pepper and soy sauce.
Drain Chinese vegetables and mix with chicken.
Gradually stir in the onion gravy until mixture has the consistency of hash.
Reserve any extra gravy to serve in gravy bowl.
Serve chow mein hot over rice.
Garnish with toasted almonds and green olives.
Serves 10.