Every year, Chinese cuisine is becoming increasingly popular. A wide range, unique spices and ingredients give the dishes a special piquancy and taste. Chinese restaurants have become familiar in many developed countries of Europe, and believe me, it is becoming more and more willing to try the dishes offered by the Chinese.
Moreover, housewives, and not only experts in their field, have already begun to be engaged in cooking dishes according to Chinese recipes. The main difference between cooking in Chinese style is finely chopped pieces. This is done with the intention that it was convenient to take pieces of wooden chopsticks. Another important feature of their cuisine is a combination of incompatible ingredients. For example, you can recall the famous dish of Chinese cuisine - sweet chicken Kho. This dish can give you the opportunity to plunge into the unique atmosphere of the country of dragons, while you will not risk the fact that you get something inedible.
Now we will focus more on the technology of cooking Chinese dishes at home. As a rule, such a dish is cooked in a wok pan, and if you haven’t yet purchased it in your kitchen, then hurry up - delicious recipes are waiting for you.
Recipe 1: Chicken in Chinese
Prepare the following ingredients: chicken fillet - 0.5 kg .; Bulgarian pepper - 1 pc .; Tomato - 1 pc .; garlic - 4 cloves; balsamic vinegar - 1 tsp; soy sauce - 1 tbsp. l .; ginger; honey - 1 tsp; starch - 1.5 tsp; olive oil, pepper and salt.
So, attention. Before you start cooking a dish, first prepare all the ingredients, because in the wok pan everything is cooked much faster than in the ordinary one. Cut into thin strips of chicken breast. We shake the tomato with boiling water and remove the skin. Peel the Bulgarian pepper and slice together with the tomatoes into strips. Peel the ginger and cut into small cubes. Garlic cloves clean and crush.
Now in the pan we will heat up the oil and begin to add the prepared ingredients separately, each time quickly mixing with a spatula. First pour the soy sauce, then add honey, then crushed garlic cloves, ginger cubes and finally balsamic vinegar. Now we send pepper strips to the pan, after the tomatoes and all together we fry for 2 minutes. Now we press chicken fillet and continue cooking for another 5 minutes. Add starch on top, quickly mix and add a small amount of water. Mix and simmer on low heat still 2 minutes. Turn off the fire, remove the dish from the stove and serve to the table with rice or potatoes.
Recipe 2: Chicken in Chinese (Fillet)
Now you need to prepare: chicken breast - 300 g; garlic - 2 cloves; sweet red pepper - 150 g. For preparing the sauce: water - 5 tbsp. l .; soy sauce - 5 tbsp. l .; wine vinegar - 2 tbsp. l .; starch - 1 tsp and sugar - 1 tbsp. We also need salt, olive oil, and boiled rice for a side dish. If desired, you can add hot chili pepper and grated ginger to the dish - but this is not for everyone.
As in the previous recipe, we cut the chicken fillet into strips and salt them a little. Peel the Bulgarian pepper, cut it into 4 pieces lengthwise and cut into strips. Finely chop the garlic cloves.
In a glass bowl, mix all the ingredients for the sauce.
Pour olive oil into a frying pan and heat it over high heat. Send him half the prepared meat and stirring it actively, fry it for several minutes. Meat should not fry, but only turn white on all sides. Put the meat on a plate and send the second part of the meat to fry. Ready meat will also be sent to the plate
In the same pan, in which we roasted meat, send the pepper along with garlic. Actively stirring, fry them for several minutes. We lower the fire and add fried pieces of meat to the pepper and immediately pour in the prepared sauce. Constantly stirring, we cook the chicken in Chinese for 10-15 minutes, until the meat is completely cooked. The sauce should thicken. That's it, the dish is ready and you can serve it with boiled and seasoned rice for garnish.
Recipe 3: Chicken in Chinese (chicken)
Prepare: chicken legs - 2 pcs .; sugar - 3 tbsp .; soy sauce - 4 tbsp. l .; 3 garlic cloves; olive oil - 1 tbsp .; rice noodles - 200 g; curry powder - 1 tsp; salt. First, release the thighs from the bones and peels, and cut the meat into small cubes of 3 cm. We chop the garlic cloves, but do not let them through the press.
In a heated wok pan pour a little olive oil and add sugar to it. This should be done quickly over high heat. As soon as the sugar begins to melt and darken, begin to mix intensively. You should have a homogeneous mass, to which you need to add chopped garlic and continue to mix for a few more seconds. Add soy sauce and send chicken meat to the pan. Fry it until golden brown - do not close the pan with a lid!
While the chicken is cooked, let's take the noodles. Boil water, add salt and curry powder. Put some noodles in some water and boil it for 1-2 minutes. After that, throw the rice noodles in a colander and set aside so that all the water can flow freely.
We periodically look into the pan, mix the ingredients - the sauce should be similar in appearance and consistency to caramel. When you achieve this consistency, remove from heat.
Take a deep cup, put noodles in it, top the chicken and decorate the dish with chopped greens. Yes, I almost forgot - cook aromatic green tea for a dish. It could not be better, goes well with this dish. Well, what happened? Then “sik faan” - bon appetit!
Chinese chicken - secrets and useful tips from the best chefs
- Carefully when disassembling the chicken - remove all bones and cartilage.
- You can adjust the sharpness and sweetness of the sauce by adding / reducing sugar and hot pepper and ginger.
- To cook chicken in Chinese, be sure to use wok pan.
- You can add chopped greens to the sauce at your discretion - basil, parsley, cilantro, thyme. But, add the greens to the sauce only after the sauce is fully prepared.
