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Yield: 4 portions
Ingredients Amounts
Mushrooms, oriental, dried 4 ea.
Soy sauce 2 tsp.
Corn starch 2 tsp.
Dry Sherry 2 tsp.
Water 2 tsp.
Chicken breast 1 1/2 lb.
Oil, salad 3 1/2 Tbsp.
Garlic clove, minced 1 ea.
Bamboo sprouts 1/2 cups
Snow peas 1/4 lb.
Almonds, blanched 1/2 cup
   
Cooking Sauce  
Water 1/2 cup
Dry Sherry 1 Tbsp.
Oyster sauce 2 Tbsp.
Sugar 1/4 tsp.
Oil, sesame 1 tsp.
Cornstarch 1 Tbsp.
   
Method
  1. Soak mushrooms in water for 20 minutes, drain, discard mushrooms stems, dry, slice and set aside.
  2. In a large bowl mix: Soy, cornstarch, sherry and water. Add chicken and mix thoroughly. Add 1 1/2 tsp. oil. Marinate for 15 minutes.
  3. Prepare cooking sauce, set aside.
  4. Heat pan over hight heat. Add 1 Tbsp. oil and heat. Add garlic, stir briefly, add half of the chicken and stir fry until chicken is no longer pink inside, approximately 3 minutes. Remove chicken and repeat process with the rest of the chicken, adding one more Tbsp. of oil.
  5. Re-heat pan. Add one more Tbsp. of oil, when hot add mushrooms and bamboo sprouts. Stir fry for 1 minute and add snow pea pods. Cook 3 minutes. Add chicken into pan, mix and top with cooking sauce. Heat until sauce thickens. Serve.
 
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