Number of serving: 2
Preparation time: 38 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes
Ingredients:
½ Chicken, rinse and drain, then cut into pieces
150g Straw mushrooms, cut into halves, scald rinse and drain
2 slices Ginger
2 cloves Garlic (grated)
Scallion (sectioned)
2 tablespoon cooking oil (peanut or vegitable)
Seasoning Ingredients:
1 teaspoon Light soy sauce
1 tablespoon Oyster sauce
1/2 teaspoon Sugar
½ cup Water
Sesame oil
Ground white pepper
Marinade Ingredients:
½ teaspoon Salt
½ teaspoon Sugar
1 teaspoon Caltrop starch
1 teaspoon Light soy sauce
1 tablespoon Ginger wine
1 tablespoon Oyster sauce
2 teaspoon Oil
Sesame oil
Ground white pepper
Thickening glaze:
1 teaspoon Caltrop starch
2 tablespoon Water
Method:
Combine chicken with marinade ingredient, marinate for 30 minutes. Heat
2 tablespoon oil in a wok or pan, put in ginger, garlic and straw
mushrooms and stir fry for 3 minutes. Sizzle with 1 teaspoon of wine
and stir well. Put in chicken and stir fry for 2 minutes under high
heat. Add Seasoning Ingredients and mix well. Turn to medium heat and
simmer for 3 minutes. Stir in thickening glaze. Garnish with scallion
and serve.
Cooking tips:
Fresh straw mushrooms should not stored
in the fridge. This is because they grow in a warm environment and tend
to turn slimy when the temperature get as low as about 15'C.
Health tips:
Straw mushrooms rich in vitamin C and
protein, help to enhance metabolism rate and increase immune system.
Since it's reduce human body absorbsion of carbohydrate, it's suitable
for diabetes patient.
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