Name: Chicken with snow peas and walnuts
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 2 teaspoon soy sauce; 2 teaspoon cornflour; 2 tablespoon water; 500 gram chicken thigh fillets, cut into strips; 2 tablespoon vegetable oil; 250 gram snow peas, trimmed; 125 gram can baby corn spears, halved lengthways; 8 green onions (shallots), cut into 10 cm lengths; 1/2 cup (50g) walnut halves; 2 clove garlic, finely chopped; 1 tablespoon chilli bean paste; steamed rice, to serve

Chicken with snow peas and walnuts

Serves 4

Prep

10M

Cook

10M

Total

20M

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Ingredients

2 teaspoon soy sauce

2 teaspoon cornflour

2 tablespoon water

500 gram chicken thigh fillets, cut into strips

2 tablespoon vegetable oil

250 gram snow peas, trimmed

125 gram can baby corn spears, halved lengthways

8 green onions (shallots), cut into 10 cm lengths

1/2 cup (50g) walnut halves

2 clove garlic, finely chopped

1 tablespoon chilli bean paste

steamed rice, to serve

Method

1.Combine soy sauce with cornflour and water in a small bowl. Divide mixture in half; toss chicken strips in half of soy sauce mixture to coat.

2. Heat oil in a wok on high. Stir-fry chicken in batches for 3 minutes, until browned. Remove to a bowl and set aside. Reheat wok and add snow peas, corn, green onion and walnut halves. Stir-fry for 2 minutes, until tender but still crisp. Return chicken to wok with garlic and chilli bean paste and stir-fry for 1 minute.

3.Add remaining soy sauce mixture to wok and cook for another minute, until vegetables are glazed. Serve with steamed rice.

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