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Diced Chicken With Chillies And Nuts / 辣子鸡丁
Food Ingredients:
450 grams Boned chicken breast 1/2 Egg white 1/2 teaspoon Salt 1 tablespoon Cornstarch 1/2 cup Cashew nuts or peanut, fried 20 grams Dried red chillies Frying oil 2 tablespoons Szechuan red peppercorns 1 stalk Spring onion Sauce: 1 tablespoon Dark soya sauce 1/2 teaspoon Jiafan rice wine (or medium dry sherry) 1/4 teaspoon Mined garlic 1/2 teaspoon Sesame oil 1/4 teaspoon Sugar 1/2 teaspoon Rice vinegar 1/2 teaspoon Salt 1/2 tablespoon Cornstarch 1/2 tablespoon Water
Recipe preparation:
1 Cut the chicken into inch cubes. Place them in a bowl, and add in egg white, salt and cornstarch. Set aside for 30 minutes. In a small bowl, place all the ingredients for the sauce and mix well. 2 Heat some oil in a pan or wok to 200C/400F. Add chicken and fry 30 seconds. Remove and drain. Leave one tablespoon of oil in the pan, stir in chillies until fragrant. Add peppercorns and spring onions, stirring and tossing together. 3 Return the chicken to the pan, stirring briefly, add sauce mixture and cook, stirring, just until thickened. Remove from heat and sprinkle with nuts.
Recipe source: Foodista recipe
