Honeyed Chicken And Pineapple Recipe | Asian Recipes
How to prepare "honeyed chicken and pineapple"
honeyed chicken and pineapple (china)
1 (3 pound) broiler-fryer chicken
1/2 cup cornstarch
1 cup vegetable oil
2 teaspoons grated, pared fresh ginger root
1 clove garlic, crushed
1 (20 ounce) can pineapple chunks, drained
1 red or green bell pepper, seeded and
cut into thin slices
1 1/2 cups water
2 teaspoons cornstarch
1 1/2 tablespoon honey
1 tablespoon instant chicken bouillon granules
1 teaspoon sesame oil
4 scallions, cut into thin slices
remove giblets from chicken. rinse chicken and cut into serving-size pieces. coat chicken pieces with 1/2 cup cornstarch.
heat oil in wok over high heat until it reaches 375 degrees f. add chicken pieces, one at a time, to hot oil (cook only 1/3 of the pieces at a time). cook until golden and completely cooked. about 5 minutes. drain on absorbent paper. repeat with remaining chicken.
pour all but 2 tablespoons of the oil out of wok. stir fry ginger and garlic in the oil over medium heat 1 minute. add drained pineapple and the sliced pepper to ginger mixture. stir fry over high heat 2 minutes. remove from wok.
mix water and remaining 2 teaspoons cornstarch. blend in honey, bouillon and sesame oil. pour mixture into wok. cook and stir over high heat until mixture boils and thickens. return chicken and pineapple-pepper mixture to wok. cook and stir over high heat until hot throughout. add scallions. cook and stir 1 minute longer.
makes 4 servings.
