Walnut Chicken

Submitted by justme 3

"I got this out of an old Family Circle cookbook my mom recently gave me. We just loved it. It's very quick to make also."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1⁄4 cup soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon dry sherry (I used cooking sherry because that was all I had.)
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 lb boneless skinless chicken breast, cut into 1 inch pieces
• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1⁄3 cup sliced green onion
• 1 garlic clove, cut in half
• 1 cup walnuts, coarsely chopped

directions

1. Combine soy sauce, sherry and ginger in a medium bowl, add chicken pieces, mix and let stand for 15 minutes.
2. Heat a large skillet; add 2 tablespoons of oil and heat until smoking. Add green onions, garlic and walnuts. Cook 3 minutes, stirring often. Discard garlic and spoon walnut mixute into a small bowl and reserve.
3. Add remaining oil to skillet and heat. Add chicken and soy mixture and stir-fry until chicken is done and coated with the soy mixture. About 5 minutes. Add reserved walnut mixture and stir to mix. Serve with rice or mashed potatoes.

Reviews

[ElaineAnn]

I used 2 chicken breast halves to cut down the recipe to 2 servings, but kept the recipe amount for the rest of the igredients because I wanted it real saucy. Served over rice this was very tasty and I was so glad to have the extra sauce. This was better than take-out! Made for PAC Fall '07.