Garlic, sherry and hoisin sauce flavor chicken in this quick Chinese stir-fry. The cooking time for the chicken recipe is only 5 minutes. The secret to this quick cooked dish is cutting the chicken and cucumbers into {-inch pieces. The cucumber gives the dish an intriguing texture and flavor.
Hoisin sauce is a mixture of soybeans, garlic, chili peppers and spices. It can be found in the Asian section of the supermarket.
A small amount of dry sherry is called for in the chicken recipe. You can buy small bottles or splits of sherry at most liquor stores.
Helpful Hints:
_ Low-sodium soy sauce can be substituted for the Hoi Sin sauce.
_ Chicken broth can be used instead of sherry.
_ For easy stir-frying, place the prepared ingredients on a cutting board or plate in order of use. You won't have to look at the recipe once you start to cook.
_ A quick way to slice scallions is to snip them with a scissors.
Countdown:
_ Marinate chicken.
_ While chicken marinates, prepare the other ingredients.
_ Make rice.
_ Stir-fry chicken.
Shopping List:
To buy: 1 small bottle hoisin sauce, 1 small bottle dry sherry, } pound chicken tenders, 1 bottle ground ginger, 1 cucumber, 1 small bunch scallions, 1 container minced garlic and 1 package microwave brown rice.
Staples: sugar, cornstarch, canola oil, salt and freshly ground black pepper.
