An old favourite from “Madhur Jaffrey’s Cookbook.”
Ingredients
- 2 lb boned free range chicken breasts
- 2 tbsps dry sherry
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 1/2 tsp grated ginger
- 1 tbsp cornflour
- long strips of orange peel
- 2 tbsps vegetable oil
- 8-10 dried red chillies
- 4 sring onions ( including green) cut in thin rounds
Sauce:
- 1 1/2 tsps cornflour
- 3 tbsps soy sauce
- 1 tsp grated ginger
- 2 tsps dry sherry
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 4 tbsps chicken stock
- 2 tbsps orange juice
- black pepper
Servings:
Instructions
- Cut the chicken breasts into 3/4 inch dice. Put in a bowl and add the next five ingredients. Mix well, cover and set aside for 30 minutes.
- Mix together all the ingredients for the sauce.
- Cut the orange rind into matchsticks about 3 cm long. Drop them into a small pot of boiling water and boil rapidly for 5 minutes then drain.
- Heat about 3 3/4 pints of water over a medium heat. When bubbling put in all the chicken and turn heat to medium low. Stir the chicken around until the pieces turn white all the way through. Drain, cover and set aside.
- Just before serving heat 2 tbsps vegetable oil in a wok over a high heat. When hot put in the chilli peppers, stir twice and add the orange rind, stir again and add the spring onions. Reduce the heat, stir the sauce ingredients and add to the wok.
- Stir until it starts to thicken then add the chicken and fry for a few seconds until heated through. Serve with a green salad.
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