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Meal: Szechuan Chicken Breast

By Bennie Satterlee


Szechuan Chicken breast

Dear Recipe Goldmine Chinese Meals Fans,

There are numerous variations of this recipe. Right here is among the better ones I occasionally make. Please note that this can be not kung pao chicken which typically uses Szechuan peppercorns and also the chicken is stir-fried as an alternative to fried. Also, not all Szechuan chicken dishes employed fried chicken. Hope you appreciate this.

Regards,

Cookin' Dad

1 entire boneless chicken breast 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder two teaspoons cornstarch 1 egg white 3 tablespoons water

Sauce two tablespoons vegetable oil (to fry garlic, dried Szechuan peppers and ginger) 3 tablespoons oyster sauce 3 tablespoons light (color) soy sauce* three tablespoons LOW SODIUM standard soy sauce 1/2 cup LOW SODIUM chicken broth 1 tablespoon dry white wine or sherry six to 12, or more, dried Szechuan peppers, based on how hot you like your food* two garlic cloves, minced 1/4 teaspoon ginger, minced 3 tablespoons minced green onions (green element only) 1/4 cup dry roasted peanuts (approximation, optional) 1 tablespoon sesame oil 2 teaspoons cornstarch mixed with equal quantity of water (utilized to thicken sauce) 1 1/2 tablespoons sizzling hot oil (utilised to provide sauce clear, glossy look)

* Substitute with normal if light not obtainable

**I use six simply because my 5 year old daughter has low heat tolerance (smile).

Batter 1 1/2 cups cornstarch 1 whole egg, plus 1 egg yolk 1 cup water

A minimum of 5 hours before you cook this dish, reduce your entire chicken breast CROSSWISE into thin slightly-thicker-than-domino strips. Sprinkle salt and garlic powder evenly over chicken strips. Subsequent, add water followed by cornstarch. Gently massage chicken strips for 2-3 minutes until chicken strips are covered with very thin white film. Add egg white and mix in with fingers for one minute or so. Set in fridge. Egg white and cornstarch in addition to water will make meat really tender.

If you are ready to begin cooking, mix with each other soy sauces, oyster sauce and chicken broth. You could possibly must add about 1/4 cup water, or perhaps a little far more, based on how how salty your soy sauces are. Be sure you TASTE FOR SALTINESS.

Heat about 3 to four inches of vegetable oil or shortening to 350 to 360 degrees F.

Beat water, egg yolk and entire egg. Take away your chicken strips from fridge. Place chicken in egg wash. Once you have done this, coat chicken strips with cornstarch. Set aside for any couple of minutes to let breading to dry (key step in making sure cornstarch adheres to meat in the course of frying cycle).

Drop chicken strips into hot oil and fry for about two minutes. Usually do not fry a lot longer than this or meat will be dry. Remove chicken from oil and set on paper towel-covered plate. Next, heat two tablespoon oil till hot. Throw in garlic, ginger and dried peppers. Cook for about 30 seconds, by which point you'll feel the garlic and dried pepper aroma assaulting your nostrils (smile). Add soy sauce mixture, followed by wine. Stir, enable to simmer for any minute or so ahead of adding cornstarch mixed with water and decreasing heat. Sauce will begin to thicken relatively quickly, during which point it is possible to add the sizzling hot oil utilized to fry chicken.

The final actions involve rapidly returning chicken back to wok and mixing it with sauce. Next, add minced green onion and stir swiftly prior to adding peanuts (optional). Drizzle sesame oil more than sauce, swiftly stir and eliminate mixture from wok.

Serve more than white rice.




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