Almond Chicken is packed with delicious flavours. This stir fry of tender chicken, bright and colourful vegetables and crispy almonds in a light savoury sauce, is addictively delicious.
Prep Time10mins
Cook Time20mins
Total Time30mins
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Asian, Chinese
Keyword: Almond Chicken, Chinese
Servings: 4
Calories: 357kcal
Author: Hirra Pervaiz
Ingredients
For the Chicken
2Chicken Breast Filletcut into 1-inch pieces
1/2tspSalt
1/2tspWhite Pepper
1/2tbspSesame Oil
1Egg White
2tbspCornflour
3tbspOilfor stir frying
For the Vegetables
1/2cupCarrotssliced
1/2 cupBaby Corncut into bite-size pieces
1mediumOniondiced
1/2Bell pepperdiced
1/2cupSnow peas
1 TbspGarlicfinely chopped
1 TbspOil
2Green Chilies
1/3cupAlmondsblanched
For the Sauce
1 1/2cupChicken Broth
1/2tbspWhite Pepper
1/2tbspBlack Peppercrushed
2tbspSoy Sauce
1tbspOyster Sauce
1tspSaltor to taste
1 tspSugar
2tbspCornflour
Instructions
In a bowl add chicken, salt, white pepper, sesame oil, egg white and corn flour. Mix together so that chicken is well coated. Set aside
In a bowl mix together all the ingredients for the sauce. Set aside
In a small pan add 1 tbsp oil and fry the almonds. Keep stirring not to burn. Keep aside.
In a pan or wok heat oil on medium-high heat. Add the chicken and stir fry until it turns white. Don't overcrowd the wok. Remove chicken from pan onto on a plate.
In the same pan or wok add 1 tbsp oil (if needed) add in the garlic and stir-fry until fragrant. Now add all the vegetables and stir fry until crisp and tender.
Now add chicken to the pan along with the sauce. Mix it all together and bring it to a boil. Let simmer until the sauce thickens.
To thicken the sauce add cornflour slurry (2 tbsp cornflour mixed with water) to the pan to desired consistency.
As soon as the sauce thickens, dish and add toasted almonds.
Serve immediately with steamed or garlic rice
Notes
If the sauce gets too thick add a bit water to achieve desired consistency
For Weight Watcher: for chicken skip the cornflour and egg white and stir fry chicken seasoned with salt and white pepper
To thicken the gravy replace cornflour with oatmeal