Chinese style chicken

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 4 people, you will need:

• 1 2 carrots
• 2 1 leek
• 3 100 g peas
• 4 2 turnips
• 5 1 shallot
• 6 1 garlic clove
• 7 ½ lime
• 8 50 g whole almonds
• 9 2 chicken breasts
• 10 soy sauce
• 11 olive oil
• 12 1 bunch fresh coriander (cilantro)
• 13 150 g beansprouts
• 14 fine (or table) salt
• 15 pepper
• Total weight: 1,650 grams

Times:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
1 hour 10 min.	30 min.	1 hour 40 min.

Step by step recipe

• 1: Peel and chop 1 shallot.
  Peel 1 garlic clove, remove shoot, then chop small.
• 2: Wash 1 leek, and slice thinly.
• 3: Peel 2 carrots and 2 turnips, wash, dry and cut into small pieces.
• 4: Shell 100 g peas; or if using frozen ones, remove from freezer.
• 5: Cut 2 chicken breasts into medium sized pieces.
• 6: Pick 1 bunch fresh coriander (cilantro) leaves off their stalks.
  Dry 150 g beansprouts.
• 7: Put about 3 or 4 tablespoons olive oil in a large pan over medium heat.
  When very hot add the garlic and shallot, add salt and pepper. Cook while stirring for a minute or two.
• 8: Add carrots and turnips, stir well and cook for 2 or 3 minutes.
• 9: Meanwhile, put 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a small frying pan, then add 50 g whole almonds.
• 10: Cook about 5 minutes, until the almonds are golden brown. Set aside.
• 11: Add to leek to carrots and turnips, mix well and cook for 2 minutes.
  Add peas and beansprouts, salt and pepper, juice of ½ lime, mix well and cook for 2 or 3 minutes.
• 12: Meanwhile, put 2 or 3 tablespoons olive oil in a frying pan on high heat. When it's hot add the chicken pieces and cook until they are well browned. Do not salt.
• 13: Then add soy sauce, and cook while stirring frequently to turn the chicken in the soy sauce.
• 14: Add the cooked almonds to the vegetables, add the chicken pieces, and mix well.
• 15: At the last minute, with scissors, cut the coriander over the pan, mix well and serve.

Remarks

If you don't have coriander, you can use parsley but only as a solution of last resort. Try to use fresh coriander, it is very important for the taste of this recipe.

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