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Savory Chicken With Pine Nuts

Type: Chicken, Poultry
Serves: 2 people

Recipe Ingredients

1 cup 62g / 2.2ozChicken breast diced
1/2 cup 118mlPine nuts
1/2 cup 73g / 2.6ozBamboo shoots - diced
2 tablespoons 30mlGarlic - minced
2 tablespoons 30mlGreen onions - finely chopped
4 tablespoons 60mlVegetable oil
  Chicken Marinade
1 tablespoon 15mlCorn starch
2 tablespoons 30mlWater
1 tablespoon 15mlChinese wine
2 teaspoons 10mlSoy sauce
  Sauce
1 tablespoon 15mlSoy sauce
1 tablespoon 15mlWater
2 teaspoons 10mlHoisin sauce
1 teaspoon 5mlOyster sauce
1 teaspoon 5mlChili bean sauce
1 teaspoon 5mlSugar
1 teaspoon 5mlSesame oil

Recipe Instructions

Dice chicken, place in a bowl and mix with marinade ingredients.

Before dicing bamboo shoots, blanch in boiling water for 30 seconds (to remove tinny, canned flavor). Mix all the sauce ingredients in a small bowl. Heat wok, add 2 tablespoons vegetable oil an stir-fry pine nuts until golden brown. Set aside on paper towel. Using the same wok, heat again and add 2 tablespoons vegetable oil.

On high heat, add garlic and stir-fry 10 seconds, then add chicken with marinade and stir-fry until white, but not completely cooked through. Add sauce and bamboo shoots and cook for 2 minutes. A

dd pine nuts and green onions, mix well and serve.

Source:
Cooking Light, October 1994, page 70

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