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Friday, July 19, 2013

Meal: Szechuan Chicken Breast

By Abraham Gillie


Szechuan Chicken

Dear Recipe Goldmine Chinese Meals Fans,

There are numerous variations of this recipe. Right here is one of the much better ones I occasionally make. Please note that this can be not kung pao chicken which generally uses Szechuan peppercorns along with the chicken is stir-fried rather than fried. Also, not all Szechuan chicken dishes used fried chicken. Hope you appreciate this.

Regards,

Cookin' Dad

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

Sauce 2 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 much 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 portion only) 1/4 cup dry roasted peanuts (approximation, optional) 1 tablespoon sesame oil 2 teaspoons cornstarch mixed with equal amount of water (used to thicken sauce) 1 1/2 tablespoons sizzling hot oil (used to offer sauce clear, glossy appear)

* Substitute with regular if light not available

**I use six due to the fact my five year old daughter has low heat tolerance (smile).

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

At the least five hours prior to you cook this dish, cut your complete chicken breast CROSSWISE into thin slightly-thicker-than-domino strips. Sprinkle salt and garlic powder evenly over chicken strips. Next, add water followed by cornstarch. Gently massage chicken strips for 2-3 minutes until chicken strips are covered with really thin white film. Add egg white and mix in with fingers for 1 minute or so. Set in fridge. Egg white and cornstarch in addition to water will make meat really tender.

When you are ready to begin cooking, mix collectively soy sauces, oyster sauce and chicken broth. You may have to add about 1/4 cup water, or possibly a small a lot more, based on how how salty your soy sauces are. Make 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 complete egg. Eliminate your chicken strips from fridge. Spot chicken in egg wash. After you have accomplished this, coat chicken strips with cornstarch. Set aside for any couple of minutes to permit breading to dry (crucial step in ensuring cornstarch adheres to meat in the course of frying cycle).

Drop chicken strips into hot oil and fry for about two minutes. Do not fry considerably longer than this or meat is going to be dry. Take away 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 really feel the garlic and dried pepper aroma assaulting your nostrils (smile). Add soy sauce mixture, followed by wine. Stir, permit to simmer to get a minute or so ahead of adding cornstarch mixed with water and lowering heat. Sauce will begin to thicken pretty rapidly, during which point it is possible to add the sizzling hot oil employed to fry chicken.

The final methods involve speedily returning chicken back to wok and mixing it with sauce. Subsequent, add minced green onion and stir rapidly ahead of adding peanuts (optional). Drizzle sesame oil over sauce, speedily stir and eliminate mixture from wok.

Serve over white rice.




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