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Stir-Fried Chicken with Spinach and Mushrooms

Name: Stir-Fried Chicken with Spinach and Mushrooms
Total time: 31 min
Yield: Serves 4 as part of a multicourse meal
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 340 g spinach, stems removed, washed; 1.4 L water, about 1 1/2 quarts, for blanching; 340 g skinless boneless chicken breast, cut into 2 cm cubes; 1½ tsp soy sauce; ¾ tsp Shaoxing rice wine or dry sherry; 2 tsp cornstarch, for the chicken; ½ tsp sugar; ½ tsp salt, the other 1/2 tsp goes into the sauce; 240 ml chicken broth, 1 cup; 0.13 tsp ground white pepper; ½ tsp salt; 2 tsp cornstarch, stirred with 1 tbsp cold water; 1 tbsp cold water; 2 tbsp vegetable oil, 1 tbsp per stage; 1 tbsp garlic, finely minced; 2 cups button mushrooms, sliced

Juicy cubes of chicken breast in a delicate sauce of chopped blanched spinach, mushrooms and broth that recalls creamed spinach but tastes distinctly Chinese; a Shanghai family dish.

YieldServes 4 as part of a multicourse meal
Hands-on25 min
Total31 min
Difficulty

Ingredients

340 gspinach, stems removed, washed
1.4 Lwater, about 1 1/2 quarts, for blanching

Chicken

340 gskinless boneless chicken breast, cut into 2 cm cubes
1½ tspsoy sauce
¾ tspShaoxing rice wine or dry sherry
2 tspcornstarch, for the chicken
½ tspsugar
½ tspsalt, the other 1/2 tsp goes into the sauce

Sauce

240 mlchicken broth, 1 cup
0.13 tspground white pepper
½ tspsalt
2 tspcornstarch, stirred with 1 tbsp cold water
1 tbspcold water

Stir-fry

2 tbspvegetable oil, 1 tbsp per stage
1 tbspgarlic, finely minced
2 cupsbutton mushrooms, sliced

Contains

Gluten
Soy
Celery
Sulfites
Legumes (any)
Wheat
Corn (maize)
Grapes
Onion family (any)
Onion
Garlic
Cabbage family (any)
Spinach
Carrot
Black and white pepper
Mushrooms (any)
Button, cremini and portobello
Mold-ripened and koji-fermented foods
Poultry and birds (any)
Chicken
Histamine (aged and fermented foods)
Alcohol

Taste

Heat
Salty
Umami / savory
Bitter
Richness / fat
Herbal / fresh

Texture

Creamy

Equipment

Stovetop
Wok

Season

Any season

Occasion

Weeknight

Effort

20–45 min active
30–60 min total
Difficulty 2
Kid-friendly

Nutrition

Calories: low
Protein: moderate
Carbs: low
Fat: moderate
Fiber: low
Sodium: high

Budget

Budget: low

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