Chinese Almond Chicken

Recipe Ingredients

3 lbs	1362g / 48oz	Chicken*
1/3 cup	78ml	Fresh mushrooms**
3 tablespoons	45ml	Soy sauce
1/2 cup	118ml	Bamboo shoots - cut diag.
3/4 teaspoon	3.8ml	Salt
1/2 cup	55g / 1.9oz	Celery - cur diag. Cut
1 tablespoon	15ml	Cornstarch
1/4 cup	15g / 0.5oz	Onion - cut in thin strips
2 tablespoons	30ml	Sherry
10		Water chestnuts - thin sliced
1 cup	93g / 3.3oz	Blanched almonds or walnuts
1/3 cup	78ml	Chicken stock
2 cups	474ml	Peanut oil

Recipe Instructions

*cleaned and skinned (or; for less work; **sliced lengthwise or 1 4 oz. can, drained. You can use deboned and skinned chicken breasts)

Remove both light and dark meat from bones; cut in shreds. Smear with a mixture of soy sauce, salt, cornstarch and Sherry; set aside.

Fry almonds or walnuts until golden in 1 1/2 cups hot oil. Pour off oil; drain almonds on a paper towel. Reheat pan; add 3 tablespoons oil.

Saute vegetables for 1 minute; drain off oil and set aside. Heat 4 tablespoons oil; saute chicken for 1 minute.

Mix in vegetables and stock; simmer 1 minute. Add almonds or >> walnuts. Serve with rice.

Source:
Jo Anne Merrill

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