Chicken With Peanuts
- 5 to 6 chicken breasts, deboned and cut
- 4 1/2 Tbsp. oil
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 1/2 c. roasted unsalted peanuts
- 4 Tbsp. soy sauce
- 1/2 tsp. sugar
- 3 Tbsp. chopped green onions
- 1/2 tsp. hot sauce
- 3 Tbsp. sherry
- 1/4 c. water plus 3 Tbsp. cornstarch, mixed
- Debone chicken.
- Use bones to make broth or use bouillon cube. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in wok and saute chicken 5 minutes. Remove chicken.
- Add remaining oil with garlic on toothpicks (to remove easily).
- Cook until garlic browns.
- Rub over wok.
- Discard garlic.
- Add peanuts, onion, hot sauce, chicken, soy sauce and sugar.
- Cook a few minutes.
- Stir in broth and when it boils, add cornstarch paste and sherry (not cooking sherry).
- Cover and simmer until thickens.
- Serve over rice.
- You can make ahead but do not add peanuts, cornstarch, sugar or sherry until before serving.
- Serves 4.
chicken breasts, oil, garlic, peanuts, soy sauce, sugar, green onions, hot sauce, sherry, water
Taken from www.cookbooks.com/Recipe-Details.aspx?id=234777 (may not work)