Chicken Shreds with Peas
A Fujian (Min) dish where shredded chicken is blanched in oil then braised with peas, offering a fresh, sweet flavor.
Ingredients
chicken breast (shredded)
200 g
peas (blanched)
50 g
oil
1500 g
egg white
30 g
cooking wine
25 g
salt
2 g
MSG
5 g
sugar
30 g
water starch slurry
60 g
broth
500 g
Instructions
1
Prepare the ingredients
Shred the chicken and place it in a bowl. Add the egg white and starch, then mix until the chicken is evenly coated. Blanch the peas briefly.
2
Slip the chicken through oil
Heat oil in a wok. When the oil is at about 30–40% hot, add the chicken shreds. Separate them as they set, then pour everything out into a strainer.
3
Braise and finish
In the wok, add the cooking wine, broth, salt, sugar, chicken, peas, and MSG. Once it comes to a boil, skim off any foam, thicken with the water starch slurry, and transfer to a serving bowl.