Best Stir Fried Chicken And Walnuts Recipes

STIR FRIED SLIVERED CHICKEN AND WALNUTS

Steps:

• Mix chicken pieces with soy and cornstarch and set aside. Place wok over medium high heat. When wok is hot, add oil. When oil is hot add walnuts and stir-fry until brown (about 1 minute); remove with slotted spoon and set aside. Add chicken to oil and stir-fry until chicken is opaque (about 3 minutes); remove from wok and set aside. Adding oil as necessary add green peppers, mushrooms, ginger, and garlic, and stir fry until peppers and mushrooms are tender crisp (about 2 minutes). Stir in walnuts, chicken and cooking sauce, stirring until bubbly and thickened.

STIR-FRIED CHICKEN AND WALNUTS

Steps:

• 1. Skin and bone chicken dice in 3/4- to 1-inch cubes. Combine cornstarch, salt and sherry. Add to chicken and toss gently to coat. Let stand 15 minutes, turning occasionally. 2. Dice bamboo shoots. Mince ginger root. 3. Blanch walnuts. Heat oil and deep-fry walnuts until golden (see HOW-TO, _Walnuts: To toast). Drain on paper toweling. 4. Heat remaining oil. Add ginger root and stir-fry a few times. Add chicken and stir-fry until it loses its pinkness (about 2 minutes). 5. Add bamboo shoots stir-fry 1 minute more. 6. Stir in stock and heat quickly. Then cook, covered, 2 to 3 minutes over medium heat. 7. Stir in walnuts only to heat through. Serve at once. VARIATIONS: * For the walnuts, substitute cashew nuts. * For the bamboo shoots, substitute any of the following vegetables, diced: 1/2 cup mushrooms, 1/2 cup celery, 6 water chestnuts or 1 medium onion. * In step 1, add to the cornstarch mixture 1 teaspoon soy sauce. Or substitute the following mixture: 1/4 teaspoon each of salt, pepper, sugar and oil 1/2 teaspoon cornstarch and 1 teaspoon soy sauce. * In step 1, toss the chicken in a mixture of 1 tablespoon soy sauce, 3 tablespoons sherry, 1/2 teaspoon sugar and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Let stand 30 minutes, turning occasionally. Then drain, reserving marinade. Before stir-frying, dredge chicken lightly in cornstarch then dip in beaten egg. Add the reserved marinade with the stock in step 6. * In step 7, add 1 slice smoked ham, diced in 1-inch cubes. The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook. ©1994 by Gloria Bley Miller.