Home-style stir-fried chicken with chestnuts

Overview

Chicken meat is tender and delicious. Because of its light taste, it can be used in various dishes. Chicken is not only suitable for stir-frying and stewing, but it also contains a lot of protein. Among meats, it can be said to be one of the meats with the highest protein. It is a high-protein and low-fat food. The rich unsaturated fatty acids, vitamins and minerals contained in chestnuts are excellent nourishing products for anti-aging and longevity. They are known as the king of dried fruits. Chestnuts contain riboflavin. Regular consumption of chestnuts is beneficial to long-lasting mouth and tongue sores in children and oral ulcers in adults. Chestnuts have a relatively high carbohydrate content. High in vitamin C, chestnuts are rich in vitamin C, which can strengthen the spleen and stomach. Chestnuts are rich in vitamin C, which can maintain the normal function of teeth, bones, blood vessels and muscles. It can prevent and treat osteoporosis, soreness and weakness in waist and legs, muscle and bone pain, fatigue, etc., and delay human aging. It is an ideal health fruit for the elderly.

Tags

• hot dishes
• chestnut
• chicken
• cooking wine
• dried red chili pepper
• garlic
• onions
• rice vinegar
• starch
• white sugar
• zanthoxylum bungeanum
• ginger
• green pepper
• red pepper
• salt
• sesame oil
• soy sauce

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Chop the chicken into small pieces, wash and marinate with salt, cooking wine and soy sauce for ten minutes.

   

2. 2 Add starch to the marinated chicken and set aside.

   

3. 3 Peel the chestnuts, steam them for five minutes, take them out, let them cool and set aside.

   

4. 4 Cut the green onion into water chestnut slices, cut the ginger into large slices, and prepare dried red pepper and Sichuan peppercorns.

   

5. 5 Cut the green and red peppers into cubes with a diagonal knife.

   

6. 6 Slice garlic.

   

7. 7 Prepare water starch.

   

8. 8 Add oil to the pan and heat until it is 80% hot. Add chestnuts and fry until golden brown. Remove and drain.

   

9. 9 Put the chicken pieces into the oil pan, fry until cooked, take them out and drain the oil.

   

10. 10 Leave some oil in the pot, add peppercorns, green onions, ginger and garlic and saute until fragrant.

    

11. 11 Add chicken pieces, soy sauce, cooking wine, rice vinegar, salt, sugar and chestnuts, stir-fry, add stock and simmer for five minutes.

    

12. 12 Add green and red pepper, garlic slices, water starch to thicken, pour in sesame oil and stir-fry.

    

13. 13 Remove from pan and plate.