Chicken with mango (thit ga voi xoa)

4 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 pounds Corn-fed chicken -- cubed
1 large Carrot
½ Red sweet bell pepper
½ Green sweet bell pepper
4 ounces Bamboo shoots
1 large Mango, just ripe and firm --
Cut into chunks
4 tablespoons Vegetablle oil
½ teaspoon Baking soda
1 tablespoon Sugar
1 Egg white -- lightly beaten
1 tablespoon Cornstarch or potato flour
Salt
Water
1 teaspoon Sugar
1 tablespoon Light soy sauce
1 tablespoon Oyster sauce
1 tablespoon Sesame seed oil
1 tablespoon Rice wine
½ tablespoon Cornstarch or potato flour
Mixed with a little water.

Directions

MARINADE

SAUCE

1. Mix the marinade ingredients thoroughly and mix well with the chicken pieces. Leave to marinate for 30 minutes. 2. Trim and peel the carrot; cut into matchstick strips a litle less than 1 inch long.

Cut the peppers and bamboo shoots into strips to match the carrots.

Cut the mango flesh into small, fairly thin pieces as neatly as possible. 3. Heat the oil in a wok and fry the chicken pieces for about 2 minutes. Remove from the oil and drain well. Add the carrot, peppers, mango, and bamboo shoots to thehot oil andfry in atches.

Remove and drain thoroughly. 4. Rinse and dry the wok, add the chicken and vegetables and stir in all the sauce ingredients except the cornstarch. Stir-fry briefly and add the cornstarch to the sauce to thicken. Recipe Source: VIETNAMESE COOKING - EXOTIC DELIGHTS FROM INDO-CHINA by Paulette Do Van. Published by Chartwell Books, Inc.

Copyright (c) 1993. Recipe formatted by Olivia Liebermann RDSE68B on May, 1995.

Recipe By : "Vietnamese Cooking" by Paulette Do Van, Chartwell Books

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