Ho t'ao chi ting (walnut chicken)

Description

A delicious sample of oriental cooking. Walnut chicken is surely to be liked by everyone.

Summary

Yield
Servings
Sourcewww.world-food-and-wine.com
Prep time
30 minutes
Cooking time
Total time
30 minutes

Ingredients

1 c
onion
8  
water chesnuts
3 T
oil
1⁄2 lb
walnut meat (about 2 cups)
1 lb
chicken
3⁄4 t
salt
1 c
bamboo shots
1 c
celery
2 T
cornstarch
3 T
soy sauce
2 T
sherry
1 t
sugar
1⁄4 c
stock
2 T
sherry
1 t
sugar
1⁄4 c
stock

Instructions

  1. Cube the bamboo shoots, celery, onion, and water chestnuts. Saut?® slightly in oil. Remove from the pan. Brown walnut meats, blanched in deep oil, remove and drain. Dredge uncooked chicken, cut into cubes, with salt, corn starch, soy sauce, sherry and sugar.
  2. Heat pan, add 3 tablespoons oil and saut?® the dredged chicken until tender. To the chicken, add the soup stock, heat thoroughly. Serve hot.

Notes

If you want to get rid of the bitterness of the walnuts. cover them in cold water and boil for 3 minutes. Drain immediately.