Chinese Chicken Recipes - Stir-Fried Chicken with Mushrooms Recipe

Ingredients

• 6 dried Chinese mushrooms

• 1 chicken breast, thinly sliced

• 1 slice ginger root, minced

• 2 spring onions (scallions), minced

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

• 15 ml/1 tbsp rice wine or dry sherry

• 30 ml/2 tbsp water

• 2.5 ml/1/1 tsp salt

• 45 ml/3 tbsp groundnut (peanut) oil

• 225 g/8 oz mushrooms, sliced

• 100 g/4 oz bean sprouts

• 15 ml/1 tbsp soy sauce

• 5 ml/1 tsp sugar

• 120 ml/4 fl oz/1/2 cup chicken stock

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Method:

1. Soak the mushrooms in warm water for 30 minutes then drain. Discard the stalks and slice the caps. Place the chicken in a bowl.

2. Mix the ginger, spring onions, corn-flour, wine or sherry, water and salt, stir into the chicken and leave to stand for 1 hour.

3. Heat half the oil and stir-fry the chicken until lightly browned then remove it from the pan. Heat the remaining oil and stir-fry the dried and fresh mushrooms and the bean sprouts for 3 minutes.

4. Add the soy sauce, sugar and stock, bring to the boil, cover and simmer for 4 minutes until the vegetables are just tender.

5. Return the chicken to the pan, stir well and reheat gently before serving.