Recipe - Chicken With Walnuts

1 lg Chicken breast; skinned
and boned
One half teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Sugar
2 tablespoon Cornstarch
3 tablespoon Soy sauce
4 Dried Black mushrooms
1 cup Shelled walnuts
2 cup Peanut oil
3 Cloves garlic; minced
3 Stalks celery; cut or sliced up
1 lg Onion; cut or sliced up
1 cup Sliced bamboo shoots
One fourth cup Chicken stock

Shred the chicken meat. Combine the salt, sugar, cornstarch, and soy sauce.
Marinate the chicken meat in this mixture for 20 minutes. Soak the dried
mushrooms in warm water for 15 minutes. Drain, trim off the tough ends and
thinly slice the mushrooms. Place the walnuts in a small pan. Cover with
cold water, bring to a boil, and continue boiling 3 minutes. Drain. Heat
the oil to 375 F in a wok or heavy skillet. Deepfry the walnuts until
lightly browned. Drain on paper toweling. Remove all but 3 tablespoons of
the oil. Add the garlic and stirfry until lightly browned. Add the
marinated chicken meat and stirfry until opaque, about 1 minute. Add the
celery, onion, bamboo shoots, and mushrooms. Stirfry until tendercrisp,
about 2 minutes. Stir in the chicken stock. Cook until sauce thickens
slightly. Remove to a large platter. Garnish with browned walnuts.

PINE YARD

CHURCH STREET, CHICAGO

WINE: CHENIN BLANC

From the Micro Cookbook Collection of Chinese Recipes. Downloaded from
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