Mu Shu Chicken

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Ingredients

4 tablespoons groundnut oil (peanut)
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1 clove garlic, crushed and finely chopped
1 tablespoon freshly grated ginger
9 ounces skinless chicken breasts, diced
1 tablespoon Shaohsing rice wine or dry sherry
2 dried Chinese, shiitake or porcini mushrooms, reconstituted in hot water for 20 minutes, drained and finely diced
1 small carrot, diced
2 ounces gherkins or preserved mustard greens, finely diced, or zucchinis
2 ounces dried wood ear mushrooms, pre-soaked in hot water for 20 minutes, drained and finely chopped, or fresh shiitake or chestnut mushrooms, diced
4 ounces canned bamboo shoots, drained and diced
Handful dry-roasted peanuts
2 tablespoons light soy sauce
1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
2 to 3 pinches freshly cracked white pepper
12 small iceberg lettuce leaves or 12 small wheat flour pancakes*, steamed in a bamboo steamer for 5 to 6 minutes, for garnish

Heat a wok over a high heat, and add 2 tablespoons groundnut oil. Add the eggs, and cook until scrambled. Remove them from the wok to put aside. Wipe the pan clean.
Reheat the wok, and add the remaining groundnut oil. Stir-fry the garlic, and ginger, for a few seconds, and then add the chicken, and cook for 1 minute, or until the pieces start to turn slightly brown. Then, add the rice wine or sherry, and stir well. Stir-fry for a few more seconds, and then add the dried mushrooms, and carrot. Stir-fry for 1 minute.
Add the gherkins, the dried wood ear mushrooms, the bamboo shoots, and the dry-roasted peanuts to the wok, and mix well. Stir in the scrambled eggs. Season with the light soy sauce, sesame oil, and white pepper, and transfer the chicken to a serving dish.
To serve: place the dish in the center of the table with the lettuce leaves on the side. Stuff each lettuce leaf with the filling, and enjoy.