Chicken With Asparagus
- Total Time
- 15 minutes
- Rating
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Ingredients
- ¾pound raw boneless chicken
- 1pound fresh asparagus
- 2tablespoons salted black beans
- 2cloves garlic
- 2teaspoons cornstarch mixed with a little water
- ¼teaspoon sugar
- ⅛teaspoon pepper
- 2tablespoons peanut oil
- 1teaspoon salt
- ½cup chicken stock or water
- 1tablespoon sake or dry sherry
Preparation
The Preparation
- Step 1
Cut chicken into thin slices. Cut asparagus spears into thin diagonal slices (leaving tips whole). Rinse black beans and mince. Mince garlic. Mix cornstarch solution with sugar and pepper.
The Cooking
- Step 2
Using high heat, heat a wok, and add half of the oil, half the salt, half the black beans and half the garlic. Stir-fry 20 seconds.
- Step 3
Add the asparagus, and stir-fry 30 seconds. Add the stock, cover for 2 minutes, remove, and set aside.
- Step 4
Reheat the wok until it is very hot, and add remaining oil, salt, black beans and garlic. Stir-fry 20 seconds. Add the chicken, and stir-fry 30 seconds.
- Step 5
Flatten the chicken against the surface of the wok, add the wine, and stir-fry 1 minute.
- Step 6
Return the asparagus mixture to the wok, and stir 1 minute.
- Step 7
Add the cornstarch mixture, stir until thickened, remove from heat, and serve.
Private Notes
Comments
It’s Friday night, in week 5 or is it 6 (or...?) of Corona home-stay. The large bag of asparagus bought from Costco was suddenly (my bad) on its last legs. Searched here for asparagus and chicken and found this incredibly forgiving recipe. For the chicken, I used frozen leftovers from an organic chicken used to make chicken soup. The peanut oil was from a jar of organic peanut butter I had to stir before using. Amazing flavors. Served over jasmine rice. Thank you!! I’m a rock star thanks to you!
Added some ginger and used Mirin rather than sake, it was delicious. A great way to use up some asparagus
This was good, but if I make again I’ll add some ginger. It needed a bit more flavor.
It’s Friday night, in week 5 or is it 6 (or...?) of Corona home-stay. The large bag of asparagus bought from Costco was suddenly (my bad) on its last legs. Searched here for asparagus and chicken and found this incredibly forgiving recipe. For the chicken, I used frozen leftovers from an organic chicken used to make chicken soup. The peanut oil was from a jar of organic peanut butter I had to stir before using. Amazing flavors. Served over jasmine rice. Thank you!! I’m a rock star thanks to you!
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