Stir-fried chicken and walnuts

4 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 Chicken breast
2 teaspoons Cornstarch
½ teaspoon Salt
1 tablespoon Sherry
½ cup Bamboo shoots
2 slices Fresh ginger root
1 cup Walnut meats
Oil for deep-frying
2 tablespoons Oil
¼ cup Stock

Directions

1. Skin and bone chicken; dice in ¾- to 1-inch cubes. Combine cornstarch, salt and sherry. Add to chicken and toss gently to coat. Let stand 15 minutes, turning occasionally.

2. Dice bamboo shoots. Mince ginger root.

3. Blanch walnuts. Heat oil and deep-fry walnuts until golden (see "How-to Section"). Drain on paper toweling.

4. Heat remaining oil. Add ginger root and stir-fry a few times. Add chicken and stir-fry until it loses its pinkness (about 2 minutes).

5. Add bamboo shoots; stir-fry 1 minute more.

6. Stir in stock and heat quickly. Then cook, covered, 2 to 3 minutes over medium heat.

7. Stir in walnuts only to heat through. Serve at once. VARIATIONS: 1. For the walnuts, substitute cashew nuts.

2. For the bamboo shoots, substitute any of the following vegetables, diced: ½ cup mushrooms, ½ cup celery, 6 water chestnuts or 1 medium onion.

3. In step 1, add to the cornstarch mixture 1 teaspoon soy sauce. Or substitute the following mixture: ¼ teaspoon each of salt, pepper, sugar and oil; ½ teaspoon cornstarch; and 1 teaspoon soy sauce.

4. In step 1, toss the chicken in a mixture of 1 tablespoon soy sauce, 3 tablespoons sherry, ½ teaspoon sugar and ½ teaspoon salt. Let stand 30 minutes, turning occasionally. Then drain, reserving marinade. Before stir-frying, dredge chicken lightly in cornstarch; then dip in beaten egg.

Add the reserved marinade with the stock in step 6.

5. In step 7, add 1 slice smoked ham, diced in 1-inch cubes.

From <The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook>, ISBN 0-517-65870-4. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, .

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