Recipe Cuisine: Chinese
Theme: Fast & Fab
Honey-soy Chicken and Garlic Gai Lan
By: Austin Guthrie
Ingredients
- 700 g chicken breast
- 1 red capsicum
- 1 green capsicum
- 1 brown onion
- 3 stalks Gai Lan
- 10 cloves garlic
- Small piece ginger
- 4 tbsp light soy
- 2 tsp dark soy
- 4 tbsp oyster sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon white pepper
- 4 tbsp corn starch
- 3 tbsp shaoxing cooking wine
- 2 carrots
- 1 tsp bicarb soda
- 1/4 cup peanut oil
- 2 tbsp honey
- 50 mL water
Product used in recipe
- LEE KUM KEE - PREMIUM DARK SOY SAUCE
Method
- To prepare chicken, slice into small pieces ~2 cm in size, and combine with small amounts of soy sauce, white pepper, bicarb, and shaoxing cooking wine. Leave to marinate while preparing other ingredients.
- Chop carrot, capsicum and onion into small pieces similar in size and shape to the chicken. Chop Gai Lan into manageable pieces ready for blanching
- To make sauce, combine light soy, Lee Kum Kee Premium Dark Soy Sauce, shaoxing cooking wine, honey, corn starch, white pepper and 50mL of water.
- Put half the peanut oil in a wok and heat on high until smoking. Add the chicken to the wok and cook until golden brown. Remove from wok and set aside.
- Add carrot, capsicum and onion to work and stir fry for 3-4 minutes. Add garlic and stir fry for another minute. Remove and set aside
- In a separate pot, bring water to a boil and add Gai Lan, blanching for 2-3 minutes or until desired consistency.
- In the original wok, toss the Gai Lan with a small amount of garlic and peanut oil, set aside for serving
- Add sauce to wok and stir until it starts to caramelise and thicken. Add chicken and vegetables to the wok and toss until combined, adding water where needed.
- Serve large share plates and enjoy with rice and chilli oil!!
