Chinese Chickens Recipes - Chicken with Bean Sprouts and Crispy Noodles Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 noodle nest

• 1 tablespoon peanut oil

• 1 slice onion

• 2 tablespoons bean sprouts

• 2 tablespoons thin strips cooked chicken breast

• pinch each salt, sugar and Ve-Tsin (M.S.G.)

• 1/4 teaspoon soy sauce

• 1/4 teaspoon ginger sherry

• 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil

• 4 tablespoons chicken stock

• 3/4 teaspoon corn-flour

• 1 tablespoon water

• few extra strips cooked chicken breast (for garnish)

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Method:

1. Lower the noodle 'nest' into hot oil for its first immersion. Lift out, drain and set aside for the final operation.

2. Heat the oil in a frying-pan. Cut the slice of onion into strips and add them. Cook for 1 minute. Add the bean sprouts and cook for a further minute.

3. Add the chicken, seasonings, soy sauce, sherry, sesame oil and chicken stock and make really hot, tossing the ingredients about. Add the corn-flour, blended with the water, and cook for 1 1/2 minutes. Turn into a heated serving dish.

4. Reheat the deep oil to 365°-375°F. or 185°-190°C. Lower the basket containing the noodle 'nest' into it and leave just long enough to crisp the noodles to a deep warm cream color.

5. Place on top of the  savory mixture. Serve with watercress and three sauces - chili, mustard and plum .

Note: If you can buy noodles cooked to the preliminary stage and ready for the second immersion in the hot oil, the time of preparation will be much lessened.