Chicken Slices with Mushrooms
A nourishing home-style dish of chicken slices stir-fried with mushroom slices.
Ingredients
Chicken breast (cut into 5 cm long, 2 cm wide slices)
to taste
Egg white (for coating the meat)
to taste
Fine salt (for seasoning)
to taste
Sugar (for seasoning)
to taste
Starch (for coating)
to taste
MSG (for seasoning)
to taste
Water (for mixing)
to taste
Raw oil (for coating)
to taste
Mushrooms (cut into thick slices)
to taste
Lard (for stir-frying)
to taste
Chicken stock (as soup base)
to taste
Cooking wine (to splash in)
to taste
White pepper (for seasoning)
to taste
Chicken oil (for aroma)
to taste
Minced ham (sprinkled on top)
to taste
Instructions
1
Step 1
Cut the chicken breast into slices 5 cm long and 2 cm wide, place in a bowl, add the egg white, fine salt, sugar, starch, MSG, and water and mix well, then add the raw oil and toss to coat evenly. Cut the mushrooms into thick slices.
2
Step 2
Heat a wok and add the lard; when it reaches about 50% hot, add the coated chicken slices and slide-cook until just done, then remove and drain off the oil.
3
Step 3
Leave a small amount of oil in the wok, splash in the cooking wine while hot, then add the chicken stock, MSG, sugar, fine salt, white pepper, lard, and chicken oil. Once it comes to a boil, add the chicken slices and mushroom slices, bring back to a boil, thicken with wet starch, transfer to a soup bowl, sprinkle with minced ham, and serve.
