Chinese Chicken Recipes - Braised Chicken with Eggs Recipe

Ingredients

• 30ml/2 tbsp peanut oil

• 4 chicken breast fillets, cut into strips

• 1 red pepper, cut into strips

• 1 green pepper, cut into strips

• 45ml/3 tbsp soy sauce

• 45ml/3 tbsp rice wine or dry sherry

• 250ml/1 cup chicken stock

• 100g/4 oz iceberg lettuce, shredded

• 5ml/1 tsp brown sugar

• 30ml/2 tbsp hoisin sauce

• salt and pepper

• 15ml/1 tbsp corn-flour

• 30ml/2 tbsp water

• 4 eggs

• 30ml/2 tbsp sherry

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Method:

1. Heat the oil and fry the chicken and peppers until golden brown. Add the soy sauce, wine or sherry and stock, bring to the boil, cover and simmer for 30 minutes.

2. Add the lettuce sugar and hoisin sauce and season with salt and pepper. Mix the corn-flour and water, stir it into the sauce and bring to the boil, stirring.

3. Beat the eggs with the sherry and fry as thin omelets. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and tear into strips.

4. Arrange in a warmed serving dish and spoon over the chicken.