samedi 3 août 2013

Dish: Szechuan Chicken

By Augustine Muro


Szechuan Chicken

Dear Recipe Goldmine Chinese Meals Fans,

There are lots of variations of this recipe. Right here is amongst the much better ones I occasionally make. Please note that that is not kung pao chicken which usually utilizes Szechuan peppercorns as well as the chicken is stir-fried as an alternative to fried. Also, not all Szechuan chicken dishes employed fried chicken. Hope you appreciate this.

Regards,

Cookin' Dad

1 whole boneless chicken breast 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder two teaspoons cornstarch 1 egg white 3 tablespoons water

Sauce 2 tablespoons vegetable oil (to fry garlic, dried Szechuan peppers and ginger) 3 tablespoons oyster sauce 3 tablespoons light (colour) soy sauce* 3 tablespoons LOW SODIUM standard soy sauce 1/2 cup LOW SODIUM chicken broth 1 tablespoon dry white wine or sherry 6 to 12, or a lot more, dried Szechuan peppers, based on how hot you like your food* two garlic cloves, minced 1/4 teaspoon ginger, minced three tablespoons minced green onions (green portion only) 1/4 cup dry roasted peanuts (approximation, optional) 1 tablespoon sesame oil 2 teaspoons cornstarch mixed with equal quantity of water (used to thicken sauce) 1 1/2 tablespoons sizzling hot oil (used to offer sauce clear, glossy appear)

* Substitute with regular if light not available

**I use six simply because my five year old daughter has low heat tolerance (smile).

Batter 1 1/2 cups cornstarch 1 entire egg, plus one particular egg yolk 1 cup water

A minimum of 5 hours just before you cook this dish, reduce your entire chicken breast CROSSWISE into thin slightly-thicker-than-domino strips. Sprinkle salt and garlic powder evenly over chicken strips. Next, add water followed by cornstarch. Gently massage chicken strips for 2-3 minutes till chicken strips are covered with really thin white film. Add egg white and mix in with fingers for 1 minute or so. Set in fridge. Egg white and cornstarch as well as water will make meat really tender.

Whenever you are prepared to start cooking, mix together soy sauces, oyster sauce and chicken broth. You could must add about 1/4 cup water, or a tiny much more, depending on how how salty your soy sauces are. Be sure to TASTE FOR SALTINESS.

Heat about 3 to 4 inches of vegetable oil or shortening to 350 to 360 degrees F.

Beat water, egg yolk and whole egg. Eliminate your chicken strips from fridge. Location chicken in egg wash. After you have accomplished this, coat chicken strips with cornstarch. Set aside to get a couple of minutes to permit breading to dry (key step in ensuring cornstarch adheres to meat during frying cycle).

Drop chicken strips into hot oil and fry for about two minutes. Don't fry much longer than this or meat will likely be dry. Take away chicken from oil and set on paper towel-covered plate. Next, heat 2 tablespoon oil till hot. Throw in garlic, ginger and dried peppers. Cook for about 30 seconds, by which point you are going to feel the garlic and dried pepper aroma assaulting your nostrils (smile). Add soy sauce mixture, followed by wine. Stir, let to simmer for any minute or so ahead of adding cornstarch mixed with water and minimizing heat. Sauce will start off to thicken relatively quickly, during which point it is possible to add the sizzling hot oil utilized to fry chicken.

The last methods involve swiftly returning chicken back to wok and mixing it with sauce. Subsequent, add minced green onion and stir speedily just before adding peanuts (optional). Drizzle sesame oil over sauce, quickly stir and take away mixture from wok.

Serve over white rice.




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