Stir-fried Chicken with Cashew Nuts

Stir-fried Chicken with Cashew Nuts

by Lan Xiaoxin

4.6 (1)
Favorite

Difficulty

Normal

Time

15m

Serving

2

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Recently, I read "Republic of China Eat Home", which talked about Lu Xun's dietary preferences, and specifically mentioned that the sauce-stuffed chicken at Dongxinglou was a dish that Lu Xun and Hu Shi liked very much.
As a Shandongese, of course, we know that the sauce-stuffed chicken was originally from Shandong cuisine. It was later introduced to the court. In some allusions, it is mentioned that the Gongbao chicken, whose name is now outside, was also created by Qing Dynasty minister Ding Baozhen on the basis of the soy-stuffed chicken. of. So this fried chicken with sauce can be said to be a famous dish with a long history.
It is said that Dongxinglou requires dried yellow sauce and lard to make sauce-stuffed chicken, both of which are indispensable. It is not like the current method of using sweet noodle sauce and thickening for juice. Cooking is not dogmatic, but traditions always need to be continued. However, when you step into the ordinary dining table, the stove is home to the world, adding cucumbers and cashews to enrich the colors, but also suitable for the current dining table of all ages and children.

To make this dish, if you want the chicken to be smooth and tender, you need to slush and stir fry, and the taste is delicious, you need to hot oil to burst the sauce. No step is necessary. The oil pan is indispensable in a Chinese kitchen. In addition to mastering more cooking skills , A Jingwanhong ointment is also a necessary way to protect yourself. When you encounter burns and scalds, you can treat the wounds in time, and you will feel more at ease when you cook.

Ingredients

Stir-fried Chicken with Cashew Nuts

1. Prepare the ingredients as shown in the picture.
The chicken thigh is boneless, peeled and cut into thumb-sized cubes, and the cucumber is dice.
Rub a small piece of ginger into puree and squeeze out the juice, add 40g of cooking wine and mix thoroughly to make ginger wine for later use.

[Hint] Use chicken thigh meat, because it is more tender and slippery than chicken breast. You can also use chicken breast if you like it.

Stir-fried Chicken with Cashew Nuts recipe

2. Chicken syrup:
Add 2g of salt, half of egg white, 10g of ginger wine (ginger juice + cooking wine), stir well, add 20g of starch.

Stir-fried Chicken with Cashew Nuts recipe

3. The chicken paste after sizing should be a thin layer of stickiness on the surface, without excess water, and stirring evenly can also reduce splashing when the oil is behind.
Place in the refrigerator to marinate for 15 minutes.

Stir-fried Chicken with Cashew Nuts recipe

4. Add edible oil, wide oil, cold oil and cashew nuts in the pot, and fry them over low heat. Constantly flipping during the bombing process.

Stir-fried Chicken with Cashew Nuts recipe

5. Remove the cashew until the surface of the cashew is golden yellow.
The oil does not need to be poured out, it will be used to over-oil the chicken for a while.

Stir-fried Chicken with Cashew Nuts recipe

6. After the chicken is marinated, turn on high heat until the chopsticks are put into the pot and immediately produce fine air bubbles. Drop the chicken diced into the pot, use the chopsticks to scatter it, and remove it immediately after the discoloration is broken.

Heat the pan with more oil to prevent the chicken from sticking and stirring and reduce the oil explosion.

Stir-fried Chicken with Cashew Nuts recipe

7. Leave about 1 tablespoon of base oil in the pot, add 1 tablespoon of lard, and bring to a boil.

Stir-fried Chicken with Cashew Nuts recipe

8. Stir-fried sauce is especially prone to splashing, so beginners should pay attention to small fires throughout the process to protect themselves.
Add the dry yellow sauce to a little cooking wine to bring to the boil and pour it into the pot. On low heat, use the back of a circular frying spoon to fry the sauce, and fry it with the oil. The frying process is about 2-3 minutes, and the remaining ginger wine is added three times in the middle.
After the sauce comes out, add a little chicken powder and stir-fry with 10g sugar. When the sauce becomes darker, slip into the diced chicken immediately.

[Hint] The dried yellow bean paste here is more fragrant. If I can't buy it, I tried fresh yellow bean paste. But try not to use sweet noodle sauce. Sweet noodle sauce contains a lot of sugar, which will gelatinize in the pan and make it easier to fry.

Stir-fried Chicken with Cashew Nuts recipe

9. Use the back of a spoon to quickly fry the diced chicken until the sauce is evenly coated. Don't fry for too long, just wrap the sauce.

Stir-fried Chicken with Cashew Nuts recipe

10. Turn to high heat, add cashew nuts and diced cucumber, stir-fry for a few times, turn off the heat and serve.

Stir-fried Chicken with Cashew Nuts recipe

11. The sauce is rich, the chicken is smooth and tender, the cucumber is refreshing, and the cashew is crispy. It is a must-have dish for home cooking!

Stir-fried Chicken with Cashew Nuts recipe

Tips:

1. The dried yellow bean paste here is more fragrant. If I can't buy it, I tried fresh yellow bean paste. But try not to use sweet noodle sauce. Sweet noodle sauce contains a lot of sugar, which will gelatinize in the pan and make it easier to fry.
The sauce is all sautéed instead of thickened, but if you like the sauce, you can add it at the end according to your own taste.
2. Fry the cashew nuts and stir-fry sauce on a low fire, and quickly slide the chicken on a high fire. Pay attention to the heat to protect yourself in the frying pan.
3. Put a Jingwanhong ointment at home for emergencies, link here! link

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