Tuesday 1 July 2014

Chicken Cubes in kung Bo Sauce - 宫 保 鸡 丁




Ingredients: (Serving 3-4 pax)

4 pcs            Chicken thigh (Flesh only)
                    Oil for frying.
4-5 pcs         Dried red chillies (Soaked soft & discard seeds)
1 no.             Big onions (Cut into wedges)
5 cloves        Garlic (Crushed with knife placing flat)
1 tbsp           Oil.
                     Salt to taste.
5 slices          Ginger.
3-4 stalks      Spring Onions (Cut stem from roots up 2" for
                                             later use and leaves for garnishing)


Gravy Mixture:

2 tbsp              Kung Bo Sauce.         -) To own
1 1/2 tbsp        Sugar.                        -) taste
2 tbsp              Dark soy sauce.         -)
50 ml.              Water.                      
1 tsp.               Cornflour. (Optional)

Garnishing: (Optional)

Spring onions leaves (Earlier)
1/2 Cup Cashew nuts. ( Salted/ Honey Coated or fried ownself.)


Seasonings:

1/2 tsp        Salt.
1 tbsp.        Shao Hsing Wine.
1 tsp           Sesame Oil.
                  Dash of pepper.
                  Dash of garlic powder.

Methods:

1.              Cut all fleshy chicken thighs into chewable cubes. Put in seasonings, mix well
                 and let it marinate for 1/2 - 1 hr. (Prepare this 1 hour ahead.)
2.              Heat wok with oil enough for frying. Pour in slowly marinated chicken cubes &
                 stir fry for 2 mins.Then drain off access oil and dish out the meat, put on a plate
                 for later use.


3.              Pour away access oil, leaving only 1 tbsp in wok, put in onion wedges, ginger,
                 garlic, dried chillies, continue stir fry for a min. Sprinkle little salt to taste.


             
                 Then add in the spring onions stem together with ready fried chicken cubes.
                 Continue to stir fry for 3 mins.
4.              Lastly, add in the gravy mixture, stirr & mixed well for another 2 mins.
             
           

5.               Turn off heat, dish out on a plate. Pour in all cashew nuts on top
                  of the meaty dish, follow up garnishing it with spring onions leaves and
                  served.




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