Almond Chicken Stir Fry

Submitted by Pierre Dance

"Source, unknown. Before the computer I had no filing system just a mass of un-correlated recipes. As I come across these recipes its De Ja Vue for the first time."

 

• Ready In: 50mins
• Ingredients: 21
• Serves: 6-8

ingredients

• Sauce

• 1 1⁄2 cups chicken stock, homade is best
• 2 tablespoons rice wine or 2 tablespoons dry sherry, will work (NOT COOKING SHERRY)
• 5 teaspoons cornstarch
• 1 1⁄2 tablespoons soy sauce

• Main Ingredients

• 1 egg white
• 1⁄4 teaspoon kosher salt
• 3 tablespoons rice wine or 3 tablespoons dry sherry, will work
• 1 teaspoon cornstarch
• 3 tablespoons peanut oil
• 4 chicken breasts or 4 chicken thighs, boned,skinned,cut bite sized
• 1⁄2 cup slivered almonds
• 10 baby carrots, julinne
• 1 inch ginger, grated
• 8 scallions, cut into 3/4 inch pieces
• 3 stalks celery, sliced into 1/4 inch slices
• 1⁄4 lb button mushroom, quartered
• 1⁄4 - 1⁄2 teaspoon crushed red chili pepper flakes
• 1 (5 ounce) can bamboo shoots, jullinne
• 1 (5 ounce) can water chestnuts, sliced
• 3 ounces peanut oil
• 4 ounces maifun rice noodles

directions

1. Mix the 4 Sauce ingredients.
2. Set aside.
3. In a seperate bowl mix Egg White, Salt, and 3 TBS Rice Wine.
4. Add Chicken, mix well.
5. Heat wok over high heat.
6. Add 2 TBS Oil.
7. Swirl to coat.
8. Add 1/2 of the chicken, one piece at a time.
9. Cook 4-5 minutes'til brown.
10. Remove, drain on paper towel.
11. Cook other half.
12. set aside.
13. Reheat wok,add 2 TBS Oil, swirl to coat.
14. Add Almonds, stir fry'til golden.
15. Remove, drain on paper towel.
16. Add all remaining ingredients.
17. Stir fry 4-5 minutes.
18. Add Chicken, Almonds, and Sauce.
19. Stir'til heated and sauce thickens.
20. Set aside, keep hot.
21. noodles.
22. Reheat wok, add 3 oz peanut oil.
23. Drop Maifun noodles into oil for 30-40 seconds'til golden brown.
24. Serve the chicken on a bed of fried noodles.