Chinese Chicken Recipes - Chicken Chop Suey Recipe

Ingredients

• 100 g/4 oz Chinese leaves, shredded

• 100 g/4 oz bamboo shoots, cut into strips

• 60 ml/4 tbsp groundnut (peanut) oil

• 3 spring onions (scallions), sliced

• 2 cloves garlic, crushed

• 1 slice ginger root, chopped

• 225 g/8 oz chicken breast, cut into strips

• 45 ml/3 tbsp soy sauce

• 15 ml/1 tbsp rice wine or dry sherry

• 5 ml/1 tsp salt

• 2.5 ml/1/2 tsp sugar

• freshly ground pepper

• 15 ml/1 tbsp corn-flour (cornstarch)

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Method:

1. Blanch the Chinese leaves and bamboo shoots in boiling water for 2 minutes. Drain and pat dry.

2. Heat 45ml/3 tbsp of oil and fry the onions, garlic and ginger until lightly browned. Add the chicken and stir-fry for 4 minutes. Remove from the pan.

3. Heat the remaining oil and stir-fry the vegetables for 3 minutes. Add the chicken, soy sauce, wine or sherry, salt, sugar and a pinch of pepper and stir-fry for 1 minute.

4. Mix the corn-flour with a little water, stir it into the sauce and simmer, stirring, until the sauce clears and thickens.