Chicken and Walnuts

Kimke's Note:

This is one of my all-time favorite foods. I first had it at my best friends house in high school over 20 years ago. Her mother gave me the recipe and I have been making it ever since. I don't even like green peppers and I love them in this recipe. It is easy and the sauce is divine! For non-soy sauce/salt lovers--don't even try this recipe. The sauce is wonderful if you like the salty flavor of soy sauce, which obviously I do. For those that want a bland, non-salty light sauce, this is NOT the recipe for you! Look elsewhere! Enjoy!

• Total Time: 30 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 1 1/2 lbs chicken, cut into 1 inch pieces
• 4 tablespoons soy sauce
• 4 teaspoons cornstarch
• 2 tablespoons dry sherry
• 2 teaspoons ginger, if you like more ginger (or more, I use fresh but dry works in a pinch but fresh is better)
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 2 tablespoons cooking oil (or more)
• 2 green peppers
• 8 green onions
• 1 cup walnut halves

Directions:

1. In small bowl blend soy sauce into cornstarch; stir in dry sherry, ginger, sugar, & red pepper Preheat wok (or large skillet) add cooking oil.
2. stir-fry green pepper& green onions in hot
3. Remove.oil for 2 minutes or till crisp& tender.
4. Stir-fry walnuts for 2 minutes (you may need to add more oil at this point).
5. Remove.
6. Add half the chicken to hot wok; stir-fry 2 minutes.
7. Remove.
8. Stir-fry remaining chicken 2 minutes.
9. Return all chicken to wok.
10. Stir in soy mixture into chicken.
11. Cook& stir till thickened and bubbly.
12. Stir in veggies.
13. Cover and cook 1 minute more.
14. Serve with rice.

Reviews

[Chef #337543]

I tried this delicious recipe tonight for dinner and everything worked well. The only thing I might add in the future would be some vidalia onions. I will serve it on rice next time. Very good and very healthy...thank you for sharing.

[Chef #431403]

Loved it! Thanks for the recommendation of cutting back on the soy sauce and adding a bit of water. I had to leave out the green peppers and onions but added chopped mushrooms and squash. Delicious!

[Cookin'Diva]

I would not make this recipe again. While I enjoyed the chicken and walnut combination, there are problems with the sauce. I cut back on the soy sauce to 3 T. like most reviewers advised, but that didn't solve the problem completely. There is only about 1/3 cup sauce in the entire recipe, and it became very thick and strong-tasting. I'd advise comparing other sauces to see if there is a better ratio of ingredients.