Basic Almond Chicken
With just a few ingredients, you can create your very own Basic Almond Chicken. Serve it over sticky white rice or with a side of sauteed mushrooms and broccoli.
Preparation Time10 min
Cooking Time45 min
Ingredients
- 4 chicken thighs
- 3 scallions
- 150 gram whole almonds (just under 2 cups)
- 1 small tubercule (nodule) ginger
- 2 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon brown sugar
- 1 egg white
- 1 tablespoon rice wine
- 1/4 pound peeled shrimp, optional
Instructions
- Cut the chicken in 1 cm cubes. Marinate the chicken in the wine, egg white, soy sauce, sugar, and salt for twenty minutes.
- Toast the almonds until they are speckled brown.
- Dice the scallions into 2 cm. pieces. Finely chop the ginger.
- Mix the cornstarch (thickener) well in one Tbsp. cold water.
- Heat the pan for 30 minutes on high heat. Add peanut oil and heat the pan 30 seconds more. Add the chicken. Cook for seven minutes while stirring.
- Add the almonds, the scallions, and the ginger. Allow the mixture to cook two minutes.
- Add the cornstarch mixture. Lower the flame to low heat. While stirring, cook one minute until all ingredients are lightly glazed.
- Pour the contents of the pan on a heated plate and serve immediately.