Walnut Chicken
This entry was posted on 6/22/2007 2:01 PM and is filed under recipes.
This is a delicious Chinese favorite. Please enjoy it.
Ingredients:
2 cups water
1 cup walnuts
1/4 teaspoon sugar
2 whole (boneless) chicken breasts
1 egg white
2 teaspoons corn starch
1 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon white pepper
2 ounces CHINESE pea pods
2 stalks celery
2 green onions (with tops)
2 tablespoons oyster sauce
1 tablespoon corn starch
1 tablespoon water
1 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup chicken broth
1 tablespoon diced pimento
Cooking Instructions:
1. Heat 2 cups water to boiling
Add walnuts
Heat to boiling
Boil for 1 minute
Drain
Rinse under cold water
Remove skin from walnuts
Sprinkle walnuts with sugar
2. Cut chicken into 3/4 inch pieces
3. Mix egg white, 2 teaspoons cornstarch, salt, and white pepper in medium bowl
Cover and refridgerate for 20 minutes
4. Remove strings from pea pods
Cut large pea pods into 3 pieces
Place pea pods in boiling water
Boil for 30 seconds
Drain
Immediately rinse in cold water
5. Cut celery stalks diagonally, into 1/4 inch slices
Cut green onions, diaganolly, into 1 inch pieces
6. Mix oyster sauce 1 tablespoon corn starch and 1 tablespoon water
7. Heat vegetable oil in a wok to 350 degrees.
Add walnuts
Fry until walnuts are light brown
Remove walnuts from oil (using slotted spoon)
Drain on paper towels
8. Heat vegetable oil, in wok to 350 degrees
Add chicken
Fry until chicken turns white (stirring to separate pieces)
Remove chicken from oil (using slotted spoon)
Drain on paper towels
9. Pour oil from wok - reserving 2 tablespoons
rinse wok for next step
10. Heat wok until very hot
Add 2 tablespoons reserved vegetable oil
Tilt wok to coat side
11. Add celery
Stir-fry 1 minute
Add broth
Heat to boiling
Cover and simmer 1 minute
12. Add chicken
Add pea pods
Add green onions
Add pimento
Heat to boiling
Stir in corn starch mixture
Cook and stir until mixture thickens
13. Stir in walnuts
Makes 4 servings
Serving suggestions: Best with fresh long grain rice
