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- From: dxt@arinc.com
- Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes
- Subject: Chinese Orange Flavored Chicken
- Date: 18 Aug 1994 12:45:01 -0400
- Organization: Express Access Online Communications, Greenbelt, MD USA
- Message-ID: <9407087763.AA776377333@ccmail.arinc.com>
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- Orange-Flavored Chicken, Sichuan Style
- from _Easy Cooking 32 Wok Dishes_ by Norman Weinstein
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- Yield: 4 to 6 servings
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- Time: 30 minutes preparation
- 30 minutes chilling
- 9 to 10 minutes cooking
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- Ingredients:
- 2 boned chicken breasts, 1 to 1 1/4 pounds
- 1 ts thin soy sauce
- 1 ts dry sherry
- 1 egg white
- Cornstarch to coat
- Peel of 1 medium thin-skinned orange
- 3 scallions
- 6 tbs oil
- 1 bunch broccoli (flowerets only)
- 6 dried chili peppers
- 6 slices ginger root, about 1/4 inch thick
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- Sauce:
- 3 tbs dry sherry
- 3 tbs thin soy sauce
- 3 tbs red wine vinegar
- 1 1/2 tbs sugar
- 1 1/2 tbs orange juice
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- Trim the fat an gristle from the breasts and separate from the inner
- filet. Cut the breast lengthwise into 3 sections. Cut all sections on
- the bias into 1 1/2-inch pieces. Place in a bowl and add the soy
- sauce and wine. Mix well. Add the egg white; mix again. Dust with
- cornstarch. Mix well and refrigerate at least 30 minutes. Bring to
- room temperature and coat with oil before cooking.
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- Hand-tear the orange peel into 1/2-inch pieces. Cut the scallions
- into 1/2-inch pieces. Place on a plate with the peppers, ginger, and
- orange peel.
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- Have a colander in the sink ready for the next step. Blanch the
- broccoli flowerets by adding to pot of boiling water. Remove the
- broccoli to the colander when it turns dark green (no longer than 15
- seconds). Rinse with cold water immediately to stop the cooking, and
- pat or spin dry.
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- Combine the sauce ingredients. Mix well.
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- Heat a wok and add 1/4 cut oil. Heat for 1 minute or until white
- smoke appears, then stir-fry the chicken pieces in 3 batches for 45
- seconds each batch. Allow oil to reheat between batches and remove
- the chicken to your work platter with a strainer.
-
- Add the remaining 2 tbs oil. Heat for 30 seconds, then add the
- peppers. Stir until lightly charred. Add the ginger slices, and stir
- 1 minute, then add the scallions and stir for 30 seconds.
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- Mix the sauce and pour around the sides of the wok. Bring to a boil,
- add the chicken, then add the broccoli. Stir to mix well. Remove to
- a platter and serve immediately.
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- Variation
- Thicken the sauce slightly by adding a mixture of 2 ts cornstarch and
- 3 tbs sauce mixture; add to wok slowly, stirring constantly, when the
- sauce comes to the boil.
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