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Chicken Velvet

ChineseChickenAdvanced30 minBy Northstar

Ingredients

Servings
4
  • 2 each chicken breasts, boned and skinned
  • 0 cup cold chicken stock
  • 0 tsp oil
  • 2 tbsp cornstarch
  • 3 each egg whites, beaten slightly stiff
  • 4 cup oil for deep frying
  • 2 oz pea pods (snow peas), strings removed
  • 1 tbsp cornstarch, dissolved in 2 tablespoons water
  • 2 tbsp (cooked) Virginia ham, minced
  • 1 each . Chop chicken very fine or grind in blender. Soak in 1/2 cup of cold
  • 2 each . Add 1 teaspoon of salt and 1 tablespoon of cornstarch to chicken.
  • 3 each . Fold beaten egg whites into chicken mixture. Mix 1 tablespoon

Instructions

  1. 1

    cornstarch into chicken mixture, folding lightly. 4.

  2. 2

    Heat oil and deep fry chicken mixture.

  3. 3

    Stir quickly with chopsticks in order to separate.

  4. 4

    Remove to plate.

  5. 5

    Drain oil. 5.

  6. 6

    Reheat 2 tablespoons of oil in wok.

  7. 7

    Over moderately high heat, stir fry pea pods 30 seconds.

  8. 8

    Remove and set aside. 6.

  9. 9

    Reheat 2 tablespoons oil in wok.

  10. 10

    Add 1 cup stock.

  11. 11

    Season with 1/2 teaspoon salt.

  12. 12

    Put in chicken.

  13. 13

    Bring to boil.

  14. 14

    Thicken with dissolved cornstarch. 7.

  15. 15

    Serve on platter.

  16. 16

    Trim with pea pods.

  17. 17

    Garnish with minced ham on top.

Tags

greeka-taste-of-china