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Chicken
with Mangoes
All
Ingredients should be prepared before you start cooking to save time
and make cooking the dish easier. |
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Serves:
4
Ingredients:
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250ml |
plain flour |
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430ml |
water |
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2ml |
salt |
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1ml |
baking powder |
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3 |
chicken breasts |
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5x2.5 cm |
fresh ginger root |
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8 |
spring onions |
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425g can |
mangoes |
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750ml |
vegetable oil |
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45ml |
white vinegar |
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45ml |
dry sherry |
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20ml |
soy sauce |
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10ml |
sugar |
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10ml |
cornflour |
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10ml |
instant chicken
stock granules |
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5ml |
sesame oil |
Method:
1.
Combine flour, 1 cup (250ml) of the water, the salt and baking powder
in a medium size bowl. Beat with whisk until blended. Let stand 15 minutes.
2. Cut
skinless and boneless chicken into 1/4 inch (1 cm) wide strips. Mix
them into flour mixture.
3. Cut ginger
into wafer-thin slices. Cut onions into 1/2 inch (1.5cm) pieces.
Drain mangoes and cut into 1/2 inch wide (1.5cm) strips.
4. Heat
vegetable oil in wok over high heat until it reaches 375F (190C). Add
chicken, one strip at a time. Cook until golden, in about 3 to 5 minutes.
5. Leave about
1 tablespoon (15ml) oil in the wok. Reduce heat to medium. Add ginger
to oil in wok. Stir-fry until ginger is light brown.
6. Combine
remaining 3/4 cup (180ml) water, the vinegar, sherry, soy sauce,
sugar, cornstarch, bouillon and sesame oil. Carefully add to ginger
all at once. Cook and stir until mixture boils. Add onions. Reduce
heat and simmer 3 minutes.
7. Mix chicken
and mangoes into soy sauce mixture. Cook and stir 2 minutes. Serve immediately.
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