Recipe - Stir-Fried Chicken

1 pound Chicken breast,
boneless
12 Mushrooms (white)
One half pound Broccoli, fresh
(or 1 pack frozen)
One fourth cup Chicken broth
2 tablespoon Soy sauce
2 tablespoon Sherry
1 tablespoon Cornstarch
1 Egg white
One half teaspoon Salt
One half cup Vegetable oil
(peanut oil is best,
but sunflower oil
is good, too)
One half teaspoon Cornstarch
6 ounce Bamboo shoots, canned
(optional)
6 ounce Cashew nuts, broken
into large pieces

Cut the boneless chicken breast into bitesized pieces. Wash and slice the
mushrooms. If using fresh broccoli, wash and cut it up into bitesized
pieces. If using frozen broccoli, heat it or partially thaw it first.

Combine chicken broth, soy sauce, sherry and about 1 T cornstarch. Stir
well and set aside.

Combine beaten egg white, salt, about One half t oil and about 2 t cornstarch.
Add the chicken cubes to the mixture and stir until the chicken is
wellcoated. In a wok or deep cast iron pan, heat about 3 T vegetable oil
until hot. Add the chicken pieces in small batches and stir continuously
until golden brown. After each batch is finished, remove and drain. Add oil
sparingly as needed.

Stir fry the mushrooms in the wok. Stir fry the broccoli in the wok.
Combine the chicken, mushrooms, broccoli, bamboo shoots and cashew nuts in
the wok. Stir fry to get everything warm again. Add the bouilloncornstarch
sauce and stir until thickened.

Serve with rice. Don't forget to start the rice so that it will be done at
the same time as the chicken.

NOTES:

* Chinese stirfried chicken with broccoli and nuts. Yield: Serves 23.

* Bamboo shoots are available in cans at Chinese grocery stores. Fresh
broccoli is preferable to frozen, and it should be stirfried for only a
few minutes to keep it crunchy. Endless variations of this basic recipe are
possible. Beef, pork, or other lean meats can be substituted for the
chicken. Tofu cubes or brown beans can be used to make this a vegetarian
recipe. Chopped almonds can be used instead of cashews. Water chestnuts are
a delightful addition. Green or red bell peppers can be used instead of
broccoli.

: Difficulty: easy.
: Time: 45 minutes.
: Precision: no need to measure.

: Andy Tanenbaum
: Dept. of Math and Computer Sci., Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, HOLLAND
: ast@cs.vu.nl seismo!mcvax!cs.vu.nl!ast

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