White Chicken with Spicy Peanut Sauce

• 1½ lbs chicken Breasts
• 1 whole green onion, cut in half
• Approx ½ teaspoon grated or crushed fresh ginger
• 1 tablespoon Sake or Dry Sherry
• ½ teaspoonp each salt & sugar
• 2 Cups water
• 1 to 3 cups shredded iceberg lettuce

Instructions:
Place chicken in 2 qt pan with onion, ginger, sake/sherry, salt, sugar & water. Simmer for 20 min. Remove from heat, let stand until chicken is cool enough to handle. Shred chicken into strips (do not cut, shredding allows it to absorb the sauce better). Refrigerate if not serving right away.
Spicy Peanut Sauce: Stir together 1½ tablespoons creamy peanut butter & 2½ tablespoons salad oil until blended. Stir in 2 tablespoons each soy sauce & sugar, 2 teaspoons white vinegar (rice vinegar is good), ½ teaspoon sesame oil, ¼ teaspoon ground red pepper (cayenne) & 1 tablespoon minced green onion.
To serve, mound lettuce on a serving platter. Arrange shredded chicken over lettuce. Drizzle peanut sauce over all. Makes 3 - 6 servings.
This is a great summer dinner for when it's too hot to even think about eating a full hot meal! Heat up a bread roll or two and you got a great meal.

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