Chicken Almond Guy Din
Submitted by putnam350
This delicious chicken veggie stir-fry is packed with goodness, and it takes less than 15 minutes to make. Serve it with cooked brown rice to complete the meal.
YIELD
5 servingsPREP
10 minCOOK
5 minREADY
15 minChicken stir-fried with toasted almonds, bamboo shoots, water chestnuts, mushrooms, and bell peppers in a soy-cornstarch sauce. Wok to table in under 15 minutes.
Guy Din (also spelled gai ding or gai din) is a classic Chinese takeout dish that is dead simple to make at home. The key is having everything prepped and diced before the wok gets hot, because once the oil starts smoking, the whole thing moves fast.
Serve it over brown rice and you have got a complete weeknight dinner that beats the delivery guy every time.
Pro Tips
- Toast the almonds first. Raw almonds are fine but toasted almonds bring a deeper, nuttier crunch that makes the whole dish.
- Get the wok smoking hot. This is not a gentle saute. You want that searing heat for crisp vegetables and charred edges on the chicken.
- Mix the cornstarch slurry right before adding. Cornstarch settles fast. Give it a stir before it goes into the wok or you will get lumps instead of a glossy sauce.
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare and dice all ingredients. Toast almonds in the oven. Reserve.
Heat oil in the wok to smoking point, add chicken, onions, and all vegetables to it, except for the almonds, soy sauce, and cornstarch mixture. Stir everything well.
Cover wok and cook ingredients 2 minutes. Lift cover up about 2 times to give ingredients a stir.
At end of cooking time, uncover wok, add soy sauce and thoroughly mixed cornstarch-water mixture, cook until gravy forms.
Place ingredients in serving platter. Sprinkle with almonds.
NOTE:
Chicken may be replaced by shrimps in above recipe.
Comments
I add red bell peppers, some pea pods and a little
sesame oil.
The directions need a little help
Half the directions are missing. Would be nice to know how to mix the cornstarch solution and when to add the other veggies.
Thanks for the comment! Just edited the recipe. All the vegetables should be added together with chicken and onions. In the direction, it does say that "At end of cooking time, uncover wok, add thoroughly mixed cornstarch-water mixture, cook until gravy forms." Hope this helps, and happy cooking :)
Is the soy sauce mixed with the cornstarch mixture?
The soy sauce should be added with cornstarch mixture together. You can just mix the soy sauce with the cornstarch mixture as well. Hope this helps and happy cooking :)
Very bland. Missing something.
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