serves
2
prep
5 minutes
cook
10 minutes
difficulty
Easy
serves
2
people
preparation
5
minutes
cooking
10
minutes
difficulty
Easy
level
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Chinese Soul Food
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Ingredients
- vegetable oil, for cooking
- 4 slices ginger
- 250 g snow peas, trimmed and diagonally sliced
- ½ brown onion, thickly sliced
- 2 garlic cloves, sliced
- 1 tsp soy sauce
- 2 tsp Shaoxing wine
- 1 tbsp oyster sauce
- ½ long red chilli, sliced (optional)
- 2 tsp cornstarch mixed with ½ cup cold water
For the marinade
- 300 g chicken thigh fillets, thickly sliced
- ¼ tsp bicarb soda
- 1 tsp soy sauce
- 1 tsp Shaoxing wine
- pinch caster sugar
- pinch white pepper
- ½ tsp potato starch
Marinating time: 10 minutes
Instructions
1. In a large bowl, combine the chicken with the marinade ingredients and mix well. Set aside for 10 minutes to marinate.
2. When ready to cook, heat a wok or large frying pan over high heat, then add a generous drizzle of vegetable oil. Add the marinated chicken and spread it out in a single layer over the base of the pan. Fry for about 2 minutes without stirring, until the chicken starts to brown, then toss until cooked through.
3. Remove the chicken from the pan to a bowl. Add another drizzle of vegetable oil, then add the ginger and snow peas to the pan and fry. Add the onion and garlic and fry for a further minute.
4. Return the chicken to the pan with the soy sauce, wine, oyster sauce, chilli (if using!) and a generous splash of water and toss until the snow peas are just tender. To finish, add as much of the cornstarch slurry as you need to produce a silky sauce, then serve.
Photography by Jiwon Kim.
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Cook's Notes
Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.
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