Thursday, August 15, 2013

Dish: Szechuan Chicken Breast

By Douglass Kirshner


Szechuan Chicken breast

Dear Recipe Goldmine Chinese Meals Fans,

There are lots of variations of this recipe. Here is one of the greater ones I sometimes make. Please note that this really is not kung pao chicken which usually utilizes Szechuan peppercorns and also the chicken is stir-fried as an alternative to fried. Also, not all Szechuan chicken dishes employed fried chicken. Hope you enjoy this.

Regards,

Cookin' Dad

1 entire boneless chicken breast 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder 2 teaspoons cornstarch 1 egg white three tablespoons water

Sauce 2 tablespoons vegetable oil (to fry garlic, dried Szechuan peppers and ginger) 3 tablespoons oyster sauce 3 tablespoons light (colour) soy sauce* three tablespoons LOW SODIUM standard soy sauce 1/2 cup LOW SODIUM chicken broth 1 tablespoon dry white wine or sherry 6 to 12, or more, dried Szechuan peppers, depending on how hot you like your food* 2 garlic cloves, minced 1/4 teaspoon ginger, minced 3 tablespoons minced green onions (green component only) 1/4 cup dry roasted peanuts (approximation, optional) 1 tablespoon sesame oil two teaspoons cornstarch mixed with equal amount of water (utilized to thicken sauce) 1 1/2 tablespoons sizzling hot oil (utilised to provide sauce clear, glossy appear)

* Substitute with standard if light not accessible

**I use six simply because my 5 year old daughter has low heat tolerance (smile).

Batter 1 1/2 cups cornstarch 1 entire egg, plus one particular egg yolk 1 cup water

At the very least five hours prior to you cook this dish, reduce your whole chicken breast CROSSWISE into thin slightly-thicker-than-domino strips. Sprinkle salt and garlic powder evenly over chicken strips. Subsequent, add water followed by cornstarch. Gently massage chicken strips for 2-3 minutes till chicken strips are covered with really thin white film. Add egg white and mix in with fingers for a single minute or so. Set in fridge. Egg white and cornstarch together with water will make meat really tender.

Once you are prepared to begin cooking, mix collectively soy sauces, oyster sauce and chicken broth. You could possibly need to add about 1/4 cup water, or perhaps a tiny much more, based on how how salty your soy sauces are. Make sure you TASTE FOR SALTINESS.

Heat about three to four inches of vegetable oil or shortening to 350 to 360 degrees F.

Beat water, egg yolk and entire egg. Eliminate your chicken strips from fridge. Place chicken in egg wash. After you have done this, coat chicken strips with cornstarch. Set aside for a couple of minutes to allow breading to dry (crucial step in guaranteeing cornstarch adheres to meat for the duration of frying cycle).

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Drop chicken strips into hot oil and fry for about two minutes. Do not fry a lot longer than this or meat will probably be dry. Get rid of chicken from oil and set on paper towel-covered plate. Next, heat two tablespoon oil until hot. Throw in garlic, ginger and dried peppers. Cook for about 30 seconds, by which point you are going to feel the garlic and dried pepper aroma assaulting your nostrils (smile). Add soy sauce mixture, followed by wine. Stir, permit to simmer to get a minute or so before adding cornstarch mixed with water and lowering heat. Sauce will start to thicken relatively quickly, for the duration of which point you'll be able to add the sizzling hot oil used to fry chicken.

The final steps involve rapidly returning chicken back to wok and mixing it with sauce. Subsequent, add minced green onion and stir speedily prior to adding peanuts (optional). Drizzle sesame oil more than sauce, speedily stir and remove mixture from wok.

Serve over white rice.




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