Recipe - Chinese Stir-Fry Peanut Chicken

5 Boneless chicken breasts
6 Egg whites
6 tablespoon Cornstarch
2 One fourth cup Cooking oil
One half cup Fresh roasted peanuts
One fourth cup Sliced water chestnuts
One fourth cup Green peas
Three fourths cup Chicken broth
1 teaspoon Hot pepper sauce
One half teaspoon Salt
One half teaspoon Monosodium glutamate
One half teaspoon Sesame oil
One fourth teaspoon Dried hot peppers; crushed
One half cup Water

Cut chicken into 1 inch slices. Combine egg whites. 4 Tablespoons of the
cornstarch and 1 tablesppon of the oil, mix well. Pour over chicken and
marinate for 1 hour. In wok or large sacuepan, heat 2 cups of the oil till
very hot with slotted spoon lift abut One fourth of the chicken from the marinade
and fry in hot oil for 2 minutes, drain and set aside. Repeat with remiaing
chicken in another work, heat remaining 3 tablespoons oil over hight heat.
Add peanuts and vegetables and broth. bring mixture to a full boil. Add hot
pepper sauce, sugar, mon glutamati, sesame oil, hot pepper and salt. blend
remaining 2 tablespoons cornstarch with cold water and add to boiling
mixture. Cook, stirring constantly till thickened and bubbly.

Serving Ideas : Serve over rice.
Posted to MCRecipe Digest by Barb at PK abprice@wf.net on Apr 14, 1998