Chicken with Garlic Sauce

Ingredients: Chicken:

• 20 oz chicken
• 2 tsp cornstarch
• 2 tsp vegetable oil
• pinch of salt

Sauce:

• 2 tbsp soy sauce
• 2 tbsp rice wine vinegar
• 2 tbsp shaoxing wine
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 1.5 C chicken broth

Other:

• 24 dried chilies
• 2 tsp ginger
• 6 cloves garlic
• 1 can bamboo shoots
• 1/4 C dried wood ear mushrooms
• 1 red pepper
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1.5 tbsp chili oil
• 1/4 C cornstarch
• 2 scallions

Preparation: Cut the chicken into bite-sized pieces and mix with the other chicken ingredients; set aside. Mix all of the sauce ingredients. Mince the garlic and ginger, very roughly chop the mushrooms, thinly slice the red pepper, slice the scallions, and make a slurry of the cornstarch.

Fry the dried chilies, ginger, and garlic over medium heat until fragrant, then add the chicken, turn to high, and stir-fry until opaque. Add the bamboo shoots, mushrooms, and red pepper, cook for two minutes, then stir in the sauce. Bring to a boil, then stir in the salt, chili oil, and cornstarch slurry and allow to thicken. Mix in the scallions.

From Woks of Life. We doubled the recipe because we like leftovers.