Snow Peas and Chicken

Derf's Note:

Great stir-fry!

• Total Time: 1 hrs 11 mins
• Prep Time: 1 hrs 5 mins
• Cook Time: 6 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 1 lb boneless skinless chicken breast
• 3 tablespoons dry sherry
• 4 teaspoons cornstarch
• 2 tablespoons low sodium soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 5 garlic cloves , chopped
• 2 teaspoons grated fresh ginger (1 tsp dried)
• 2 onions , chopped
• ½ lb snow peas
• ½ cup water

Directions:

1. Cut chicken into 1 inch cubes.
2. Combine 2 tablespoons of the sherry and 3 teaspoons of the cornstarch; mix well.
3. Stir in the chicken.
4. Cover, refrigerate for 1 hour.
5. Combine soy sauce, remaining sherry,remaining cornstarch and sugar in a small bowl; set aside.
6. In a heavy cast iron frypan or wok, heat oil over high heat until very hot but not smoking.
7. Add chicken and stir-fry for 2 minutes.
8. Remove chicken, set aside.
9. Add garlic and ginger to pan, stir well,add onions, snow peas and water.
10. Stir-fry for 2 minutes.
11. Return chicken and soy sauce mixture to pan and stir quickly over high heat until hot.
12. Serve over rice or noodles.

Reviews

[Chrissyo]

I enjoyed this stir-fry. It was light and refeshing. Loved the crunch of the snow peas. Marinating the chicken with the sherry certainly added a nice flavour to the dish. We will use the recipe again. Thanks Dorothy :-)

[PetSitter]

Great recipe! Even hubby commented on how good it was....as he scarfed it down! I did tweak it a little. I doubled the sauce and I added a little bit of honey. I didn't have low sodium soy sauce, so the honey took the 'edge' off the saltiness. One thing hubby suggested for next time is to replace the 1/2 cup water with chicken stock instead. I'll be making this again for sure!

[Bergy]

Excellent stir fry recipe. If you get everything ready ahed of time it tkes minutes to make. I thought I had sherry in the house - last minute no sherry - I used equal amounts of Brandy Excellent.. Use the full amounts of the onions, garlic & ginger - they are so tasty on your rice. Thanks Derf for a very enjoyable meal. Love your recipes.