Chinese Vegetarian Chicken Recipes

ASIAN-STYLE CHICKEN AND VEGETABLES

Steps:

• Mix chicken with ground ginger, black pepper, garlic salt, and sesame oil in a bowl; cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• Bring a pot of salted water to a boil. Cook broccoli, bell pepper, and mushrooms in the boiling water until broccoli is just tender, about 3 minutes; drain.
• Whisk cornstarch and 1/2 cup water together in bowl.
• Heat vegetable oil in a large skillet or wok over medium-high heat. Cook and stir chicken until lightly browned, about 5 minutes.
• Stir cooked vegetables, jicama, brown sugar, and honey into chicken. Add cornstarch mixture and continue cooking and stirring until chicken is no longer pink in the center, about 5 minutes more.
• Sprinkle sesame and peanuts over chicken and vegetables before serving.

CHINESE VEGETARIAN CHICKEN

Steps:

• 1. Bean sticks are usually sold in 1 pound packages. Take half. Break into several sections. Place in bowl, sprinkle soda over them and cover with 8 cups hot water. When they begin to whiten and float to top anchor down with small plate and let soak for 4 hours.
• Drain sticks in colander. Rinse with warm water. Put back in bowl and cover with warm water and anchor. Let soak 4 hours [or overnight].
• Drain just before cooking. Spray with warm water and press lightly to extract excess water.
• Heat wok or skillet over high heat until hot. Add oil, swirl and heat for 30 seconds. Scatter in bean sticks and stir rapidly to coat. Add soy sauces, salt and sguar and stir briskly for 30 seconds. Turn heat low, cover and let steam cook vigorously for 10 minutes. They should release enough liquid to prevent scorching.
• Uncover, stir in sesame oil and pour into bowl. Let cool.

CHINESE CHICKEN AND VEGETABLES

Steps:

• Slice chicken thinly; place into gallon size ziplock bag with soy sauce and garlic.
• Shake to coat all chicken.
• Let marinate in fridge for at least 30 minutes.
• Longer is OK.
• Heat oil in wok or large frying pan over medium-high to high heat.
• Add chicken and marinade to pan and cook thoroughly.
• Combine water, cornstarch, salt and pepper.
• Add to chicken.
• Bring to boil.
• Add vegetables.
• Heat through.
• Serve over rice.

VEGETARIAN CHINESE FRIED NOODLES

Steps:

• Heat 2 teaspoons oil in a large skillet over high heat. Whisk eggs together in a bowl. Pour into the skillet and stir-fry quickly until lightly set, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat and transfer to a large plate. Set aside.
• Heat 3 tablespoons oil in a wok over high heat. Add green beans, mushrooms, bell pepper, and carrot; stir-fry for 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from heat and transfer to a large plate; set aside.
• Meanwhile, fill a large pot with lightly salted water and bring to a rapid boil. Cook egg noodles at a boil until they are just starting to soften, but are still pretty firm, about 4 minutes. Drain and rinse cooked noodles under cold running water. Drain and separate. Transfer to a bowl and add just enough oil to coat the noodles so they won't clump together.
• Whisk water, light soy sauce, soybean paste, oyster sauce, dark soy sauce, and sesame oil together in a bowl until sauce is well combined.
• Combine cooked noodles, vegetables, eggs, and sauce in the same wok and stir fry over medium-high heat until everything is warmed through and noodles and vegetables are cooked to your liking, 1 to 2 minutes. Serve immediately sprinkled with spring onions.

CHINESE CHICKEN AND VEGETABLES

Steps:

• Place peppers in a 13-by-9-by-2-inch oval dish. Cover tightly with microwave plastic wrap. Cook at 100 percent power in a high-power oven for 2 minutes, 30 seconds. Prick plastic to release steam.
• While peppers are cooking, stir together soy, vinegar, ginger, chili paste and sesame oil.
• Remove dish from oven and uncover. Stir in zucchini. Place chicken over vegetables in an even layer. Pour soy mixture over chicken. Re-cover and cook for 3 minutes. Prick plastic to release steam.
• While chicken mixture is cooking, stir cornstarch and water together. Uncover dish. Stir in scallions and cornstarch mixture. Re-cover and cook for 2 minutes 45 seconds. Prick plastic to release steam.
• Remove from oven and uncover. Serve over cooked white rice.