Garlic Chicken and Choi Sum

Demonstrated by: Todd Hugo.
Firefighters in the Kitchen - 2000.

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Ingredients:

Garlic Chicken and Choi Sum

  • 4 lb boneless skinless chicken thighs
  • 3 bunches choi sum (Chinese cabbage hearts)
  • 2 tablespoons salad oil
  • 1 small bulb garlic, mince all except 4 cloves
  • 1 cup oyster sauce
  • 1 can (14 1/2 oz) chicken broth
  • 1/2 cup soy sauce
  • 2 packets (.35 oz size) bonito dashi (fish-flavored soup base)
  • 1/4 cup cooking sherry
  • 3 Hawaiian red peppers, seeded and minced
  • 3 tablespoons cornstarch

Directions:

  1. Cut chicken into 2-inch pieces.
  2. Cut choi sum into 3-inch lengths; separate stems and leaves.
  3. In a wok, heat oil.
  4. Brown the 4 cloves of garlic with the chicken.
  5. Add oyster sauce, 1/2 can of the broth, the soy sauce, dashi, the minced garlic, sherry, and red peppers; cook for 10 minutes.
  6. Combine cornstarch and the remaining 1/2 can broth.
  7. Stir into chicken mixture; cook until thickened.
  8. Add choi sum stems; cook for 2 minutes.
  9. Add choi sum leaves and serve immediately.

Makes 8 to 10 servings.

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