Home - By Category - Recipe - Chinese Page 4 | Chicken Page 4

Orange Chicken #1

A Searchable Archive of Meal-Master Recipes

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: ORANGE CHICKEN #1
 Categories: Chinese, Chicken
      Yield: 4 Servings
 
  1 1/4 lb Skinned and boned chicken, 1
           -1/2-inch pieces
      6 tb Dry sherry, divided
    1/4 ts Salt
      4 ts Peanut oil
    1/2 c  Julienne-cut red bell pepper
    1/4 c  Diagonally sliced scallions
           Zest of 1/2 small orange,
           -cut into 2 x 1/8-inch
           -strips
           And blanched (use lemon
           -zest)
      1    Garlic clove, minced
      1 tb Each reduced-sodium soy
           -sauce and water
      1 ts Each cornstarch, sugar, and
           -rice vinegar
      4    Trimmed scallions, 4 inches
           -long for garnish
 
  In glass or stainless-steel bowl combine chicken, 3 tablespoons of the
  sherry, and the salt and let stand at room temperature for 30
  minutes. In 9-inch skillet or a wok, heat oil over medium-high heat;
  add bell pepper, scallions, orange zest and garlic and cook, stirring
  quickly and frequently, until vegetables are tender-crisp, about 3
  minutes. Drain chicken, reserving marinade. Add chicken to skillet
  (or wok), increase heat, and stir-fry until chicken is browned, about
  5 minutes. Te reserved marinade add remaining 3 tablespoons sherry,
  and the soy sauce, water, cornstarch, sugar, and vinegar and stir to
  dissolve cornstarch. Pour over chicken mixture and cook, stirring
  constantly, until mixture thickens. Serve garnished with scallions.
  
  [WEIGHT WATCHERS NEW INTERNATIONAL COOKBOOK]
  
  Posted by Fred Peters.
 
MMMMM

Display Recipe for Import.