The ingredients for the marinade rarely change and can be used for any cut of meat. This recipe for me requires very little thinking and everything I need is usually always in the kitchen.
Start with any cut of meat, I had frozen boneless, skinless chicken thighs, and slice them up
Marinade:
~Soy sauce - enough to cover the meat in a bowl
~Sesame Oil - just a little bit...probably half a teaspoon
~a dash of Cooking Wine
~2 cloves of Garlic (smacked with the side of a knife blade)
~2 slices of Ginger (smack this too)
*with chicken, I like to add about a teaspoon of powdered chicken stock
~ a teaspoon of Cornstarch
mix well and let it sit (the longer the better)
Veggies:
Any kind of Chinese vegetable works, bok choy, nappa etc...
I had the giant bok choy in the fridge
~Wash the veggies and cut them into reasonable sized pieces
~have 2 more cloves of smacked garlic ready for when you start cooking
Cooking:
~Make a sauce thickener with a teaspoon of Cornstarch and Cold Water and add a little bit of Soy Sauce - Set aside
~Heat up a Wok
~add Vegetable Oil, when it is hot, add the cloves of garlic and add salt to the oil
~let the garlic brown up a little bit (but not burnt) then add in the Vegetables
~cook the veggies until they're pretty much done and edible, add cold water to just cover them and mix them around until the water starts to boil down a little bit
~Move the veggies to a metal colander
~Put the Wok back onto the burner and add a little bit more oil (you don't need to wash the wok off in between)
~Add the meat to the Wok and fry it until all the pieces are cooked
~ Add the veggies back in and fry them together (if there isn't much sauce in the Wok, add a little bit more cold water and wait for it to boil again)
~ Pour in the liquid cornstarch and stir it around until it begins to boil, and the dish is done
~take wok off stove, serve over rice
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