Chinese Chicken Recipes - Stir Fried Chicken with Peppers Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 chicken breast, thinly sliced

• 2 slices ginger root, minced

• 2 spring onions (scallions), minced

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

• 30 ml/2 tbsp rice wine or dry sherry

• 30 ml/2 tbsp water

• 2.5 ml/1/2 tsp salt

• 45 ml/3 tbsp groundnut (peanut) oil

• 100 g/4 oz water chestnuts, sliced

• 1 red pepper, cut into strips ­

• 1 green pepper, cut into strips

• 1 yellow pepper, cut into strips

• 30 ml/2 tbsp soy sauce

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

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Method:

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

2. 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 water chestnuts and peppers for 2 minutes.

3. Add the soy sauce and stock, bring to the boil, cover and simmer for 5 minutes until the vegetables are just tender.

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