Speedy Chinese Chicken Food

CHICKEN AND MUSHROOM STIR FRY

Steps:

• Cooking the chicken: Mix the chicken with soy source, rice wine and corn flour. Heat a non-stick fry pan on high heat. Add 1 tablespoon oil, chicken pieces and spread out evenly. Stir fry 3 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove chicken from the pan and set aside.
• Cooking the mushroom: Add 2 table spoon oil, white part of spring onion, a pinch of salt and mushroom to the fry pan and stir fry until mushrooms are softened. (Add more oil if they get too dry)
• Mixing chicken and mushroom: Add the chicken back in, stir fry for 3-4 minutes. Turn off the heat, stir in the remaining spring onion and serve.

SPICY CHINESE TAKEOUT CHICKEN

Steps:

• Chicken: Slice chicken into bite-sized pieces and season with salt. In a zip-top bag, add cornstarch, followed by the chicken. Close the bag and shake to coat chicken pieces evenly; then set aside. (This can be done several hours ahead and up to overnight; the longer the chicken is in the cornstarch, the thicker the crust.)
• Sauce: Into a bowl, add hoisin sauce, vinegar, sugar, soy sauce, fish sauce, tomato paste, and chile-garlic sauce. Stir to combine. Set aside.
• Chinese mirepoix: Thinly slice scallions on the bias, using the white and pale green sections, and just a bit of the dark green. (Reserve remaining scallion greens for another use.) Set aside ¼ of the sliced scallions for garnish. Peel, then smash garlic with the flat side of a knife, and coarsely chop. Scrape off ginger skin using a spoon, then grate using a Microplane.
• Heat oil in a wok over medium-high heat. Meanwhile, cut the yellow pepper: remove the white inner ribs and discard; cut the rest of the pepper into a large dice. Check oil temperature with a wooden chopstick: it should bubble immediately. Remove chicken from the bag, shaking off excess cornstarch, and carefully place into the hot oil in a single layer. Let fry undisturbed until cooked through and very crisp for a total of 4-5 minutes, flipping halfway through. Meanwhile, zest the orange and lemon.
• When chicken is cooked and crispy, remove with a slotted spoon and drain on a paper towel-lined plate. Pour off and discard all but 2 tablespoons oil; rinse out and dry the pan. Reheat remaining oil over medium-high heat. Add dried chiles and sauté until they darken and begin to smoke, about 1 minute. Add scallions, ginger, and garlic, and stir to combine. Add yellow peppers and cook 1 minute, tossing to combine, then add the sauce. Stir and cook 1 more minute, adding 1-2 tablespoons water as needed if the sauce is too thick. Add chicken and toss to coat and combine. Finally, shower with lemon and orange zest and give the contents a final stir. Taste for seasoning.
• Assembly: Place rice in a bowl. Spoon chicken and sauce over rice, including a good mix of vegetables and chiles along with the chicken. Garnish with reserved sliced scallions, and serve immediately.

EASY SWEET & SOUR CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a large microwaveable dish, mix the ketchup, vinegar, sugar and garlic thoroughly with the chicken, onion and peppers. Microwave, uncovered, on high for 8-10 mins until the chicken is starting to cook and the sauce is sizzling.
• Stir in the pineapple pieces and sugar snap peas and return to the microwave for another 3-5 mins until the chicken is completely cooked. Leave to stand for a few minutes, then stir in the cashews, if using, and serve.

SPEEDY CHINESE CHICKEN

Steps:

• Cook sesame seeds in large skillet or wok for 3 minutes over medium heat or until golden brown in color.
• Remove from heat and set aside.
• In same skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat until hot.
• Cook chicken approximately 6 minutes or until it is no longer pink, stirring occasionally.
• Add coleslaw and stir fry sauce.
• Stir.
• Cook 2-3 minutes or until crisp tender.
• Serve on lettuce leaves if desire and sprinkle with sesame seeds for garnish.

GUNPOWDER CHICKEN WITH DRIED RED CHILLIES & PEANUTS

Steps:

• Marinate the chicken with the soy and leave to sit for 1 hr. If you don't have time to marinate, don't worry - but it does add extra flavour. Mix the sauce ingredients in a small bowl and set aside.
• Using a wok and a small amount of the oil, sear the chicken in batches. When it's all browned, remove from the pan and set aside. Snip the stems from the chillies and shake out the seeds. Add the remaining oil and cook the chillies for 1 min, shaking the pan constantly to prevent them burning. Add the chicken back in with the peppercorns, spring onions and peanuts, then stir-fry for 1 min more. Add the sauce and stir for a few mins more until thickened.

SIMMERED CHINESE CHICKEN

Steps:

• Heat oil in big pot, and brown chicken on all sides.
• Mix soy sauce, brown sugar, water, catsup, apple juice, red pepper flakes, garlic and green onion.
• Pour mixture over chicken in pot.
• Heat to boiling, reduce heat to low, cover and simmer for 35-45 minutes.
• Remove chicken to platter (debone, if desired, and cut into bite sized pieces.).
• Skim fat off top of sauce.
• Blend together cold water and cornstarch and stir into sauce.
• Cook, stirring constantly, until thick.
• Spoon sauce over chicken and sprinkle with sesame seeds and more sliced green onion.
• Serve with rice and sauce.

SPEEDY VIETNAMESE CHICKEN

Steps:

• Mix garlic, fish sauce, sugar and pinch of salt and half the oil in a bowl, add chicken and stir until well combined.
• Cover and leave to marinate for at leas 30 minutes.
• Put onion in bowl and cover with vinegar, let stand for 10 minutes.
• Add the sesame oil, salt and pepper to taste and put aside.
• Heat oil in wok or pan and add chicken and chillies, stir-fry over high heat until chicken is browned and cooked through.
• Drain and then transfer onion to serving plate.
• Serve chicken on top or beside.
• Serve with rice.