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Asparagus And Chicken In Black Bean Sauce

Title: ASPARAGUS AND CHICKEN IN BLACK BEAN SAUCE is a home-style recipe. Serves 6. Categories: Chinese, Poultry 2 Chicken thighs 12 md Asparagus spears 3 tb Peanut or corn oil ----------------------------------MARINADE---------------------------------- 1 tb Dry sherry 1 ts Cornstarch 2 ts Thin so...

Ingredients

• 2
• 12
• 3 tbsp

Method (preview)

1. 1

   SAUCE----------------------------------- 2 ts Fermented black beans

2. 2

   Marinating: With sharp paring knife, scrape chicken meat from thigh; slice into thin strips across the grain. (Breast meat is not preferred for this dish, as meat is too dry and spongy.) Combine sherry, soy, cornstarch and sugar in bowl; massage liquid into meat with your fingers.

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   Marinate for 15 to 30 minutes.

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   Rinse fermented black beans.

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   In bowl, combine and mash black beans and garlic, brown sugar, black soy sauce and chicken stock; stir; reserve for 15 minutes.

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   Stir Frying: Add 2/3 of oil to hot wok; when oil is very hot, add chicken.

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   Stir-fry for about 3 minutes on high heat - or until chicken begins to shrink and firm up. Remove chicken to holding bowl.

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   Reheat wok to high, add remaining oil.

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   When oil is hot, add black bean sauce.

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    Stir-fry for 1 minute.

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    Add asparagus; mix with sauce.

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    Stir sauce with asparagus.

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    When sauce boils, add cooked chicken; toss to combine.

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    Toss ingredients until very little liquid remains and is reduced to glaze.

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    Dish is ready when asparagus brightens.

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    If you still have too much liquid, remove ingredients, continue to reduce sauce, then return ingredients to coat them with sauce.

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    Serve in individual portions.