Chinese Almond Chicken

Hope this helps! Tender chicken, vegetables, and fried almonds, bathed in a soy based sauce, tastes just like a Chinese restaurant favorite.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 15 mins
• Total Time: 35 mins
• Calories: 522 Calories

Ingredients

• ¾ teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons sherry
• 1 teaspoon cornstarch
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce
• ¼ cup peanut oil
• ⅓ cup chicken stock
• ¼ cup thinly sliced onion
• 1 ½ cups peanut oil for frying
• 1 cup blanched almonds
• ⅓ cup sliced mushrooms
• ½ cup diagonally sliced bamboo shoots
• ½ cup diagonally sliced celery
• 10 whole water chestnuts, thinly sliced

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Mix the soy sauce, salt, cornstarch, and sherry in a large bowl. Stir in chicken; cover and refrigerate.

Step 2

Heat 1 1/2 cups of the peanut oil in a large, deep skillet. Fry almonds in the oil until golden, about 1 minute. Drain fried almonds on a paper towel.

Step 3

Drain all but 3 tablespoons of oil from the skillet. Stir in the mushrooms, bamboo shoots, celery, onion, and water chestnuts. Cook and stir vegetables for 1 minute. Remove from skillet.

Step 4

Heat 1/4 cup oil in the skillet. Cook and stir the marinated chicken in hot oil until no longer pink in the center, and the juices run clear, 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in cooked vegetables, chicken stock, and reserved soy sauce mixture; simmer until thickened, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir in fried almonds before serving.