chinese almond chicken

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cornstarch
• 2 teaspoons
• 3 pounds chicken, skin removed, meat removed from bones and cut into bite sized pieces
• 1 1/2 cups peanut oil for frying
• 1 cup blanched almonds
• 1/3 cup sliced mushrooms
• 1/2 cup diagonally sliced bamboo shoots
• 1/2 cup diagonally sliced celery
• 1/4 cup thinly sliced onion
• 10 whole water chestnuts, thinly sliced
• 1/4 cup peanut oil
• 1/3 cup chicken stock

Recipe

Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 15 mins Ready Time: 35 mins


• mix the soy sauce, salt, cornstarch, and 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.