Chicken Chinese Recipes - Chicken In Oyster Sauce

Chicken has very high value of protein, in 1 lb chicken breast contains almost 128 grams protein. Chicken also has many important vitamins and minerals. These include vitamin B that gives us energy, zinc that is good for immune system and iron which carries oxygen through our blood.

Chicken has very little fat on its own, and contains no carbohydrates. Many diet plans that people use to lose the weight cut carbohydrates. Therefore, chicken works well in these diets, especially in these Chinese chicken dishes.

I have showed you cooking a Chinese Recipe With Vegetables, now I want to introduce one of the easiest and healthiest Chinese chicken dishes - Chicken in Oyster Sauce

Nutrition Information:
Protein:       128g
Fat:             8g
Cholesterol: 368mg
Calories:      640

Serves 4

Ingredients:

1. 1 lb chicken breast meat
2. 2 tablespoons soy sauce
3. 1 tablespoon rice wine
4. 1 teaspoon sesame oil
5. 1 tablespoon cornflour
6. 4 Chinese dried mushrooms, softened and sliced
7. 1 can bamboo shoots or 1 can baby corn
8. 2 green onions, sliced on the diagonal into thirds
9. 1 inch root ginger, minced
10.1 garlic clove, minced

Sauce:
1. 1 tablespoon dark soy sauce
2. 2 tablespoons oyster sauce
3. 1 tablespoon dry sherry
4. 1 teaspoon sugar
5. 1 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch
6. 1/3 cup water
7. 1 teaspoon sesame oil
8. Vegetable Oil for stir-frying

Directions:

1. Mix 2tbs soy sauce, 1 tbs rice wine, 1 ts sesame oil and 1 tbs cornflour in a bowl. Combine the marinade ingredients and add to the chicken, mixing in with chopsticks. Marinate the chicken for 10 - 15 minutes.

2. Prepare the vegetables, Rinse the canned vegetables in boiling water and drain.

3. Mix together the sauce ingredients in a seperate bowl.

4. Heat wok and add oil. When oil is hot, add garlic, ginger, and green onion, and stir-fry on high heat for few seconds.

5. Add the chicken and stir-fry, stirring frequently until the chicken turn brown. Remove from the wok.

6. Add oil and stir-fry the mushrooms and bamboo shoots or baby corn 1 minute.

7. Return the chicken to the wok and add the sauce, giving it a quick re-stir before adding the sauce. Stir sauce to thicken and mix with meat and vegetables. Serve hot.