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Sichuan cashew chicken

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Ingredients:
8 ozChicken breasts
1/2 Egg white
1 tspCornstarch
1 pinchSalt
Oil for fying
3 Green peppers
3 1/2 ozBamboo shoots (parboiled)
2 ozCashew nuts
1 tspGarlic, chopped
1 tbspRice wine
1 pinchMsg (optional)
SAUCE
1 tbspSoybean paste
1 tbspSoy sauce
2 tspSugar
1/2 tbspVinegar
1/4 tspSalt
Procedures:
1Dice the chicken breasts into ?inch pieces.
2Dip in the egg white and then in the cornstarch mixed with a pinch of salt.
3Heat some oil until fairly hot and fry the diced chichen.
4Drain.
5Slice the peppers in half vertically.
6Remove the seeds , stems and pith.
7Cut into ?inch squares.
8Cut the parboiled bamboo shoots to the same size as the peppers.
9Mix the sauce ingredients together in a bowl.
10Fry the cashew nuts in moderately hot oil until they are lightly browned and crunchy.
11Heat 2 tb of oil in the wok and stir fry the garlic, bamboo shoots and the peppers and stir fry.
12Add the chicken and cashew nuts, sprinkle with rice wine, and pour in the sauce.
13Stir fry all the ingredients briefly over a high heat and add a pinch of msg (optional) to heighten the flavor. //kent