Gang Bao Chicken

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1/2 tablespoon chili oil
• 300 g chicken thigh fillets, diced
• 1 tablespoon dried red chili (or fresh but the restaurant uses dried)
• 2 green onions, chopped
• 1/2 tablespoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon grated ginger
• 2 garlic cloves, chopped
• 2 -6 tablespoons stock (the recipe states several) or 2 -6 tablespoons water (the recipe states several)
• 1 tablespoon vinegar
• 1 tablespoon chinese wine
• 1/2 tablespoon light soy sauce
• 1/3 cup cashew nuts (or peanuts)

Recipe

• 1 coat wok or pan in chilli oil.
• 2 add chicken pieces and stir until just cooked and set aside.
• 3 into wok or pan add chilli, green onion, ginger, garlic, vinegar, stock or water and stir.
• 4 add sugar, cooking wine and light soy sauce and stir.
• 5 it's really important here to make sure that everything reduces and caramelises. the restaurants green onions and dried chilli's are quite well cooked.
• 6 return chicken to the pan and mix ingredients together.
• 7 when juice becomes slightly sticky add the nuts.
• 8 place in serving dish.