Hope this helps! Tender chicken, vegetables, and fried almonds, bathed in a soy based sauce, tastes just like a Chinese restaurant favorite.
Prep Time::20 mins
Cook Time::15 mins
Total Time::35 mins
Servings::6
Yield::6 servings
Ingredients
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3 tablespoons soy sauce
¾ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cornstarch
2 teaspoons sherry
3 pounds chicken, skin removed, meat removed from bones and cut into bite sized pieces
1 ½ cups peanut oil for frying
1 cup blanched almonds
⅓ cup sliced mushrooms
½ cup diagonally sliced bamboo shoots
½ cup diagonally sliced celery
¼ cup thinly sliced onion
10 whole water chestnuts, thinly sliced
¼ cup peanut oil
⅓ cup chicken stock
Directions
Mix the soy sauce, salt, cornstarch, and sherry in a large bowl. Stir in chicken; cover and refrigerate.
Heat 1 1/2 cups of the peanut oil in a large, deep skillet. Fry almonds in the oil until golden, about 1 minute. Drain fried almonds on a paper towel.
Drain all but 3 tablespoons of oil from the skillet. Stir in the mushrooms, bamboo shoots, celery, onion, and water chestnuts. Cook and stir vegetables for 1 minute. Remove from skillet.
Heat 1/4 cup oil in the skillet. Cook and stir the marinated chicken in hot oil until no longer pink in the center, and the juices run clear, 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in cooked vegetables, chicken stock, and reserved soy sauce mixture; simmer until thickened, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir in fried almonds before serving.
Tips
Cook's Note
For quicker prep, use skinless, boneless chicken breasts. Try using walnuts instead of almonds for a nice change.