• 200 GRAM FRENCH BEANS, in pieces
• 1 KG CHICKEN LEGS
• 1 CAN BAMBOO SHOOTS
• 2 TBSP CHILI PASTE (THAI)
• LEMON GRASS, in small pieces
• 1 TBSP SHRIMP PASTE
• FRESH CORIANDER, chopped

• 1 CHICKEN
• 150 GRAM SHREDDED PORK
• PIECE OF GINGERROOT, grated
• 3 SPRING ONIONS, chopped
• 1 KG FLOUR
• 4 TSP YEAST
• 1 TBSP SALT
• 2 EGGS
• 2 TBSP SOY SAUCE
• 100 GRAM CARROTS, chopped

Cut the chicken meat off the bones; add 3 cups of water and some salt to the bones and cook 15 minutes. Mix the meat with the chili paste, leave it for 10 minutes. Now add the stock from the bones and cook 10 minutes. Cut the bamboo shoots. Add beans, bamboo shoots, shrimp paste and lemon grass and cook 15 minutes more. Add the coriander leaves.

Make a dough out of flour, yeast, salt, eggs and two cups of water. Mix the pork, soy sauce, spring onions, ginger and carrots and stuff the chicken with this mixture. Steam the stuffed chicken for 30 minutes. Roll out the dough and wrap it neatly around the chicken. Bake the chicken in the oven at 190 degrees during 20 minutes.

Beggar's chicken is a Chinese recipe.
Serve with rice and a cucumber salad.