Recipe - Chicken With Pine Nuts

2 lg Boned chicken breasts
1 tablespoon Corn starch
1 Egg white
1 One half teaspoon Salt
1 tablespoon Rice wine
One half teaspoon Sugar
4 tablespoon Oil
2 Chili peppers; seeded, minced
1 teaspoon Scraped ginger root
1 teaspoon Cornstarch dissolved in 2
teaspoons water
One half cup Toasted pine nuts
12 Tender lettuce leaves;
rinsed, drained

From: Bulldogfla Bulldogfla@aol.com
Remove skin from chicken breasts. Cut meat horizontally into paperthin
slices, then cut slices into shreds approximately 1/8 inch wide. Place
chicken shreds in a bowl. Sprinkle on the cornstarch and toss until coated.
Then add the egg white, salt, wine, and sugar. Toss well.

Place a wok over high heat. Add 1 tablespoon of the oil and heat until just
smoking. Add the chili peppers and stir fry for 1 minute. Remove with a
spoon and place in a small bowl. Add remaining 3 tablespoons of oil and
heat. Stir fry ginger for a few seconds, then add the chicken. Stir fry for
1 to 2 minutes until chicken if white and firm. Transfer chili peppers to
wok. Give cornstarch mixture a stir and pour into the wok. Stir well, until
all the ingredients are glossy. Transfer mixture to large serving platter
and top with toasted pine nuts. To serve, chicken mixture is placed in
center of lettuce leaf, which is rolled loosely.

Posted to recipeludigest by jeryder@juno.com on Mar 12, 1998