Monday, 22 February 2010

Chicken with Pine Seeds in Green (翠玉松子鸡丁)



This is a starter for two.

Ingredients:

1. a piece of chicken breast, slice to small cubes (less than 1 cm³);
2. ¼ cup of roasted pine seeds (optional: roasted peanuts or cashew nuts);
3. half of a sweet pepper, chop to small pieces;
4. 1 tsp of light soy sauce, a pinch of salt, a pinch of sugar;
5. half of a spring onion, chopped;
6. 2 pieces of lettuce leaves.

Method:

1. add 2 tbsp of veg oil in a stir-fry pan, and then warm it up;
2. add the chicken cubes in, stir fry;
3. add the soy sauce, salt and sugar, stir well;
4. when the chicken is well cooked, add in the sweet pepper and pine seeds, stir well;
5. serve on the lettuce leaves, sprinkle the chopped spring onion on top.

Tip: add a tsp of sesame oil can enhance the Chinese flavour.

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