Chinese Almond Chicken

Submitted by BakinBaby

"This variation has snow peas and water chestnuts. We love it and hope you will too."

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• Marinade

• 1 chicken breast (cut into small cubes)
• 2 garlic cloves (minced)
• 1 teaspoon gingerroot (minced or grated)
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon cornstarch

• Vegetables

• 4 ounces almonds (slivered or halved)
• 4 ounces snow peas (sliced)
• 5 ounces water chestnuts (drained and sliced) or 5 ounces bamboo shoots (drained and sliced)

• Sauce

• 1 teaspoon cornstarch
• 1⁄4 cup chicken broth
• 1⁄4 cup sherry wine or 1/4 cup white wine
• 2 teaspoons sugar

directions

1. Marinade chicken pieces in garlic,ginger,soy and cornstarch for 15 to 20 minute.
2. Mix sauce ingredients together in small bowl, set aside.
3. Heat wok with 1 tablespoons oil and stir fry almonds until lightly browned; set aside.
4. Heat wok with 1 tablespoons oil; add water chestnuts and snow peas and stir fry for 30 seconds, remove and set aside.
5. Heat wok with 2 tbsp oil and stir fry chicken pieces until they turn white and firm ( about 2 minutes).
6. Add cooked vegetables and almonds to cooked chicken in wok; mix and add sauce mixture.
7. Stir together until sauce thickens slightly.
8. Serve with rice or noodles.

Reviews

[Martha B.]

This is a dish that I have enjoyed at restaurants often becoming vegetarian. When I read the recipe I knew I could convert it using firm tofu. Well pressed tofu marinated for about 1 hour worked great. Everything else went together easily and was delicious.

 

[Nif_H]

The marinade for this is excellent and the recipe is easy and very tasty. I would cut back on the oil next time because it ended up being a little too greasy. I made exactly as directed except for one boo-boo! I used soya sauce in the sauce instead of chicken broth so it was a little too salty. Still good though! Made for my teammate for ZWT6. Thanks BakinBaby! :)

 

[adopt a greyhound]

Very good Almond chicken. I made the recipe as written and DH finished off what was left. I would say this serves 2. I did serve it with Recipe #198 and not rice or noodles. It was a great meal for us.

 

[Starrynews]

Great blend of flavors! I only used 1 T oil for the whole dish - my almonds were already toasted, so I just sauteed the veggies, found I had plenty of oil in the pan for the chicken, and added the almonds just before the sauce. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Mami J]

This was so good. I didn't have snow peas, so I subbed green beans. It was great. I will be making this often. Thank you so much for posting. Made for Bev Tag, Jan '09