Friday, November 7, 2008

Kung Po Chicken

Ingredients
250g Chicken Breast (chopped into chunks)
1 Egg (split and only the white used)
1 Green Pepper (cored, seeded and chopped into chunks)
1 Spring Onion (chopped diagonally into inch long chunks)
1 Fresh Ginger (grated or thinly sliced)
4 Dried Chillies or 1 teaspoon chilli powder (take the seeds out and cut thinly)
2 Tablespoons Yellow Bean Sauce
1 Teaspoon Sherry
125g Nuts (not salted, peanuts, walnuts, cashew or almond)
250g Rice (cooked)
A Splash of Oil

Equipment
1 SHARP Knife
1 Chopping Board
1 Small Bowl
1 Wok
1 Spatula
1 Large Pan 2/3rds full boiling salted water (for the rice)

The Good Bit
  1. Get the rice on first then in the bowl mix in in this order the chicken, a pinch of salt, 1/3rd of the egg white and the cornflour.
  2. Heat the chicken then in the wok until it browns, take out and set aside. Now stir fry the spring onion, ginger, chilli and pepper for about 1 minute then put the chicken back in along with the yellow bean sauce and sherry, stir well and cook for a further minute, lastly just before you serve up, chuck in the nuts.
Serves 4