Sunday, August 4, 2013

Recipe: Szechuan Chicken Breast

By Caleb McComb


Szechuan Chicken

Dear Recipe Goldmine Chinese Meals Fans,

There are lots of variations of this recipe. Right here is among the far better ones I sometimes make. Please note that that is not kung pao chicken which generally utilizes Szechuan peppercorns along with the chicken is stir-fried as opposed to fried. Also, not all Szechuan chicken dishes employed fried chicken. Hope you get pleasure from this.

Regards,

Cookin' Dad

1 complete boneless chicken breast 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder two teaspoons cornstarch 1 egg white 3 tablespoons water

Sauce 2 tablespoons vegetable oil (to fry garlic, dried Szechuan peppers and ginger) three tablespoons oyster sauce 3 tablespoons light (color) soy sauce* 3 tablespoons LOW SODIUM regular soy sauce 1/2 cup LOW SODIUM chicken broth 1 tablespoon dry white wine or sherry 6 to 12, or more, dried Szechuan peppers, depending on how hot you like your food* two garlic cloves, minced 1/4 teaspoon ginger, minced 3 tablespoons minced green onions (green component only) 1/4 cup dry roasted peanuts (approximation, optional) 1 tablespoon sesame oil two teaspoons cornstarch mixed with equal quantity of water (employed to thicken sauce) 1 1/2 tablespoons sizzling hot oil (utilised to give sauce clear, glossy look)

* Substitute with normal if light not obtainable

**I use six because my 5 year old daughter has low heat tolerance (smile).

Batter 1 1/2 cups cornstarch 1 complete egg, plus one particular egg yolk 1 cup water

At least five hours prior to you cook this dish, reduce your complete chicken breast CROSSWISE into thin slightly-thicker-than-domino strips. Sprinkle salt and garlic powder evenly over chicken strips. Next, add water followed by cornstarch. Gently massage chicken strips for 2-3 minutes until chicken strips are covered with really thin white film. Add egg white and mix in with fingers for one minute or so. Set in fridge. Egg white and cornstarch together with water will make meat very tender.

When you are prepared to start cooking, mix with each other soy sauces, oyster sauce and chicken broth. You might have to add about 1/4 cup water, or a little more, based on how how salty your soy sauces are. Be sure to TASTE FOR SALTINESS.

Heat about 3 to 4 inches of vegetable oil or shortening to 350 to 360 degrees F.

Beat water, egg yolk and entire egg. Take away your chicken strips from fridge. Place chicken in egg wash. After you have completed this, coat chicken strips with cornstarch. Set aside for a couple of minutes to let breading to dry (important step in making certain cornstarch adheres to meat in the course of frying cycle).

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Drop chicken strips into hot oil and fry for about 2 minutes. Don't fry significantly longer than this or meat will be dry. Remove chicken from oil and set on paper towel-covered plate. Subsequent, heat two tablespoon oil until hot. Throw in garlic, ginger and dried peppers. Cook for about 30 seconds, by which point you may feel the garlic and dried pepper aroma assaulting your nostrils (smile). Add soy sauce mixture, followed by wine. Stir, permit to simmer to get a minute or so just before adding cornstarch mixed with water and minimizing heat. Sauce will commence to thicken relatively speedily, during which point you can add the sizzling hot oil utilised to fry chicken.

The last measures involve swiftly returning chicken back to wok and mixing it with sauce. Subsequent, add minced green onion and stir quickly prior to adding peanuts (optional). Drizzle sesame oil more than sauce, speedily stir and take away mixture from wok.

Serve over white rice.




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