Chicken and Walnuts

Submitted by kimkej

"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!"

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 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

[Patricia B.]

Love this recipe. I have a Better Homes and Gardens cookbook from the 80s and the original calls for 3 tablespoons of soya sauce. I've switched to low sodium soya sauce which is even better. Don't bother with the sugar. Also this time I didn't have Sherry, so I substituted Brandy which worked out well. I like it best with sticky white rice. I hadn't made it in ages and now I think it'll make a regular appearance on my table again.

 

[lynnda]

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.

 

[KDSASmith]

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!

 

[CookinDiva]

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.

 

[memphisvb]

Good sauce. I kind of cheated. I swung by our local Chineese take out and picked up some Vegetable Chow Mein and Rice. Then I used the recipe to make the sauce with chicken and walnuts. Put it all together and quite a tasty dish. Also, I used light soy sauce which worked out perfect. So if you are looking for a good sauce then this is a good recipe.