Stir-fried Chicken And Peppers #2

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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats, Grains	Chinese	Poultry	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1		Chicken breast
1	T	Cornstarch
1	T	Soy sauce
1	T	Oil
1	ds	Pepper
2		Green peppers
4		Scallion stalks
1		Clove garlic
1	t	Cornstarch
1	t	Soy sauce
2	T	Water
1	pn	Sugar
2	T	Oil
1/2	t	Salt
2	T	Oil
1/2	c	Stock
1		cup water chestnuts, diced. For the mixture in step 1

INSTRUCTIONS

Skin and bone chicken; then dice. Combine cornstarch,soy sauce, oil
and ground pepper; add to chicken and toss to coat. Let stand 10
minutes, turning occasionally. Dice green peppers. Cut scallion  stalks
in 1/2-inch sections. Mince garlic. Blend remaining cornstarch  and soy
sauce to a paste with water and sugar. Heat oil. Add salt,  then
peppers, and stir-fry to soften (about 1 minute). Add scallions  and
stir-fry until translucent (1 to 2 minutes). Remove vegetables  from
pan. Heat remaining oil. Add garlic and stir-fry a few times.  Add
chicken; stir-fry until it loses its pinkness (about 2 minutes).
Return vegetables to pan, stir-frying briefly to reheat. Stir in  stock
and heat quickly. Then cook, covered, 2 minutes over medium  heat. Stir
in cornstarch paste to thicken. Serve at once. VARIATIONS:  For one of
the green peppers, substitute either 3 celery stalks or  substitute 2
tablespoons soy sauce; 1 tablespoon sherry; and 2 or 3  slices fresh
ginger root, minced. In step 1, toss the chicken in a  mixture of 1
teaspoon cornstarch, 1 tablespoon sherry and 1 egg  white. Omit step 3.
Then at the end of step 6, sprinkle chicken with  a mixture of 1
tablespoon sherry, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon  sugar and 1
teaspoon soy sauce. Then stir-fry to blend in. Pick up  step 7, but
omit step 8.  From <The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook>, ISBN
0-517-65870-4.  Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive,
http://www.erols.com/hosey.

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 350 Calories From Fat: 193 Total Fat: 21.7g Cholesterol: 75mg Sodium: 778.4mg Potassium: 421.4mg Carbohydrates: 9.5g Fiber: 1.6g Sugar: 2.9g Protein: 28.6g