Canton Chicken and Snow Peas Recipe

Serves 3

Ingredients:

  • Chicken"
  • 4 medium-size dried mushrooms
  • 2 tsp soy sauce
  • 2 tsp cornstarch
  • 2 tsp dry sherry
  • 2 tsp water
  • Dash of white pepper
  • 1 1/2 lb chicken breasts, skinned, boned and cut in bite-sized pieces
  • 3 1/2 tsp salad oil
  • 1 small clove garlic, minced
  • 1/2 cup sliced bamboo shoots
  • 1/4 lb snow peas, ends and, strings removed
  • Cooking sauce:
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1 tsp dry sherry
  • 2 tsp oyster sauce
  • 1/4 tsp sugar
  • 1 tsp sesame oil
  • 1 tsp cornstarch

    • Instructions:

    1. Cover mushrooms with warm water, let stand for 30 minutes, then drain.
    2. Cut off and discard stems; squeeze mushrooms dry, thinly slice and set aside.
    3. In a bowl, combine soy, cornstarch, sherry, water and pepper.
    4. Add chicken and toss to coat, then stir in 1 1/2 t of the oil and let stand for fifteen minutes to marinate.
    5. Prepare cooking sauce - mix together wateaar, sherry, oyster sauce, sugar, sesame oil and cornstarch and set aside.
    6. Place a wok or wide frying pan over high heat.
    7. When pan is hot, add 2 tbsp of the oil.
    8. When oil begins to heat, add garlic and stir once.
    9. Add chicken and stir-fry until chicken is opaque (about 3 minutes).
    10. Remove chicken from pan.
    11. Add remaining 1 tbsp oil to pan.
    12. When oil is hot, add mushrooms and bamboo shoots.
    13. Stir-fry for one minutes, adding a few drops water if pan appears dry.
    14. Add snow peas and stir-fry for 1 1/2 minutes, adding a few drops more water if pan appearas dry.
    15. Return chicken to pan.
    16. Stir cooking sauce, add to pan, and cook, stirrin guntil sauce bubbles and thickens.