String Bean Chicken Stir-Fry
Quick, easy and amazing stir fry is a great idea for dinner. The one trick with doing any kind of stir fry is having everything ready to cook. The chicken velveting is the key to this stir fry really shining.
Ingredients
For the Chicken:
1 pound chicken breasts, cut into thin disks
2 tbsp soy sauce
2 tsp black pepper
1 tbsp vegetable oil
2 tbsp cornstarch
1 cup vegetable oil for frying
For the Stir Fry:
1 pound green beans, snipped
1 onion, quartered and slice lengthwise
1 tbsp freshly grated ginger root
1 tbsp minced garlic
Sauce:
1/2 cup chicken stock
1/4 cup soy sauce
1 tbsp sugar
2 tsp sesame seed oil
1 tbsp cornstarch
Instructions
1
To prepared the chicken, add the thinly sliced chicken “disks” into a large bowl with the soy sauce, black pepper, vegetable oil and cornstarch and mix everything together to combine and let sit for at least 30 minutes.
2
In a small bowl combine the freshly grated ginger root and minced garlic setting aside. Place the green beans and sliced onions on a plate and set aside.
3
Mix the sauce ingredients, chicken stock, soy sauce, sugar, sesame seed oil and cornstarch in a small bowl until blended.
4
Heat your wok or large fry pan on the stove and add about 1 cup of oil. Deep fry the chicken pieces for a couple of minutes, remove and set aside. Drain all but a couple of tbsps of oil from your pan.
5
Add the green beans to the wok and stir fry for a couple of minutes followed by the onions. Continue stir frying for a couple of minutes.
6
Add the grated ginger root and garlic to the wok and sauté until fragrant. Add the chicken and sauté for a couple minutes.
7
Mix the sauce together making sure everything is combine and pour into the wok, stirring to coat everything and to let the sauce thicken.
8
Serve the stir fry with freshly cooked rice and enjoy!
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