Step #1 Looking for a new way to treat some leftovers, Margaret Thompson of Chicago, an innovative cook, decided to use chop suey as a filling for a French-style chicken roll.
Step #2 The dish was such a success that she went one step further & concocted a delicious Oriental-style filling of her own.
Step #3 Buttermilk baking mix gives the chicken an extra-crunchy coating, topped by a sauce quickly made from apricot preserves.
Step #4 To round out the menu, Mrs.
Step #5 Thompson serves crisp Chinese noodles or steamed rice, cabbage slaw with an oil-vinegar dressing, fruit compote with Chinese almond cookies & tea.
Step #6 Place chicken between pieces of waxed paper & with a mallet or broad side of a cleaver, lb thin.
Step #7 Dredge in baking mix; set chicken & baking mix aside.
Step #8 In large skillet, saute onions in oil until tender.
Step #9 Add shrimp, water chestnuts, bean sprouts, soy sauce & bouillon; cook & stir until shrimp are opaque.
Step #10 Add cornstarch mixture; cook & stir until thickened.
Step #11 Place 2 tbsps filling at one end of each breast half; roll up & secure with toothpicks.
Step #12 Dip in egg mixture; roll in remaining baking mix.
Step #13 Heat oil in fryer to 400~F.
Step #14 Fry rolls 2 at a time 10 mins or until golden brown.
Step #15 Drain; keep warm in 300~ oven until serving time.
Step #16 Serve with Sweet-sour Apricot Sauce.
Step #17 NOTE: chicken can be lbed & dredged & filling can be made a day ahead.
Step #18 put in the fridge until ready to use.
Step #19 Sauce keeps put in the fridged at least one month.
Step #20 Sauce mix all ingredients in small saucepan.
Step #21 Stir over medium-low heat until sugar dissolves.
Step #22 Serve warm or at about room temp.
Step #23 Makes about 2/3 c.
Step #24 --.
Enjoy the ORIENTAL STUFFED CHICKEN ROLLS WITH SWEET-SOU recipe