Lotus Flower Chicken Slices
Made by stir-frying hot-oil-blanched chicken slices with lotus flowers, this dish is traditionally believed to help refresh the mind, invigorate the brain, nourish the heart and support kidney health.
Ingredients
fresh lotus flowers (torn into pieces)
2
chicken breast slices
250 g
yellow cooking wine
to taste
fine salt
to taste
MSG
to taste
egg white
to taste
wet starch
to taste
refined vegetable oil
to taste
stock
to taste
chopped scallions
to taste
ginger juice
to taste
Instructions
1
Step 1
Combine the chicken breast with yellow cooking wine, fine salt, MSG, egg white, and wet starch, mixing well to coat; wash the lotus flowers and tear them into pieces.
2
Step 2
Heat a wok over the flame, add oil and heat to about 50% hot, then add the chicken slices and stir-fry until just cooked and white. Add the lotus flowers to flash through the oil together, then remove and drain.
3
Step 3
In the same wok, add stock, chopped scallions, and ginger juice, adjust the seasoning, and thicken with a thin wet-starch slurry. Return the chicken and lotus flowers to the wok, toss briefly, and serve immediately.
