Moo
Goo Gai Pan
Serves
4
Ingredients:
3/4 pound chicken breasts
1 cup fresh button mushrooms
1/2 cup canned bamboo shoots, sliced
1/2 cup canned water chestnuts, sliced
1 slice ginger, finely chopped
1 garlic clove, minced
Sauce:
1 cup chicken stock*
1 -2 Tb oyster sauce
1/2 tsp sugar
1 Tb cornstarch
Seasonings
2 Tb soy sauce
1 Tb rice wine or dry sherry
A few drops sesame oil
1 Tb cornstarch
Oil for Stir-frying
Directions:
Cut chicken breasts into strips. Add seasonings in
the order given and
marinate chicken for about 15
minutes.
While chicken is marinating, prepare vegetables.
Rinse and slice
bamboo shoots and water chestnuts.
Slice and chop ginger, and peel
and mince garlic
clove.
Prepare sauce ingredients and set aside.
Heat wok and add oil. Add the chicken and stir-fry
until it changes color.
Remove and set aside.
Add 1 Tb oil. Add the garlic and ginger and
stir-fry briefly. Add the
mushrooms and stir-fry for
several seconds, then add bamboo shoots,
and water
chestnuts. Stir-fry briefly. Give the sauce a quick
re-stir,
then make a well in the middle of the wok
and add sauce. Cook, stirring,
until the sauce is
thickened. Return chicken to wok. Mix together and
serve hot.
*You can also use chicken broth. Just bring it to a
boil, add a bit of rice
wine for flavor, and let it
simmer for about 5 minutes. Another variation
is to
boil the mushrooms in the chicken broth before
stir-frying.