Chinese Almond Chicken with Mushroom & Bamboo Shoots

Name: Chinese Almond Chicken with Mushroom and Bamboo Shoots
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: chicken; mushrooms; soy sauce, tamari; bamboo shoots; salt; celery; cornstarch; onions; sherry; water chestnuts; almonds; chicken broth; peanut oil

Submitted by silvia

Chinese Almond Chicken with Mushroom and Bamboo Shoots recipe

YIELD

16 servings

PREP

15 min

COOK

15 min

READY

30 min

Ingredients

POUND CHICKEN
cleaned and skinned

⅓

CUP MUSHROOMS
fresh, sliced lengthwise

TABLESPOON SOY SAUCE, TAMARI

CUP BAMBOO SHOOTS
cut diagonally

TEASPOON SALT

CUP CELERY
cut diagonally

TABLESPOON CORNSTARCH

CUP ONIONS
cut in thin strips

TABLESPOON SHERRY

WATER CHESTNUTS
sliced thin *

CUP ALMONDS
blanched *

⅓

CUP CHICKEN BROTH

PEANUT OIL
about 2 cups *

Directions

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 1½ cups hot oil. Pour off oil; drain almonds on a paper towel. Reheat pan; add 3 tablespoons oil. Sauté vegetables for 1 minute; drain off oil and set aside.

Heat 4 tablespoons oil; sauté chicken for 1 minute. Mix in vegetables and stock; simmer 1 minute. Add almonds or and walnuts. Serve with rice.