Almond Chicken Stir Fry

Chickens and almonds, stir fried with celery, onions, carrot, mushrooms, and bamboo shoots, Chicken stir-fry is seasoned with ginger, soy sauce and sherry.
Ingredients -
1 1/2 cups Water
4 teaspoons plus 1 tablespoon Cornstarch, divided
4 tablespoons Dry Sherry, divided
4 teaspoons Soy Sauce
1 teaspoon Chicken Bouillon Granules
1 Egg White
1/2 teaspoon Coarse Salt
4 Whole Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts, cut into 1-inch pieces
Peanut Oil for frying
1/2 cup blanched Whole Almonds
1 large Carrot, diced
1 teaspoon minced Fresh Ginger
3 stalks Celery, diagonally cut into 1/2-inch pieces
6 Green Onions, cut into 1-inch pieces
8 fresh Mushrooms, sliced
1/2 cup sliced Bamboo Shoots, drained
 
Preparation:
1. In small saucepan combine water, 2 tablespoons sherry, 4 teaspoons cornstarch, soy sauce and bouillon.

2. Bring to a boil over medium heat and cook until mixture thickens. Remove from heat.

3. In a medium sized mixing bowl, combine remaining sherry, cornstarch, egg white and salt.

4. Toss chicken in egg mixture, coating pieces well.

5. Heat peanut oil in wok to 375 F. on high heat.

6. Add half the chicken pieces. Stir-fry 4-5 minutes, until light brown.

7. Remove chicken from wok, place on paper towels.

8. Stir-fry remaining chicken.

9. Add almonds. Stir-fry 2 minutes. Remove to small bowl.

10. Add carrot and ginger to wok. Stir-fry 1 minute.

11. Add celery, onions, mushrooms, and bamboo shoots. Stir-fry about 3 minutes, until crisp-tender.

12. Add chicken and almonds back to wok. Pour in sauce. Stir-fry until heated through.


 
Variations and Recipe Ideas:
 
 
 
 



Cooking Tip

Peanut Oil
Peanut oil is often preferred over other oils when stir-frying and deep frying, because of the oils resistance to burning at higher temperatures.

Cooking Tip

Whole Almonds
To blanch whole almonds, in a small sauceapn, boil water. Place almonds in boiling water 1 minute, immediately remove almonds and plunge into ice water to stop cooking.