Ingredients for - Chinese Almond Chicken

1. Soy sauce 3 tablespoons
2. Salt ¾ teaspoon
3. Cornstarch 1 teaspoon
4. Sherry 2 teaspoons
5. Chicken, skin removed, meat removed from bones and cut into bite sized pieces 3 pounds
6. Peanut oil for frying 1 ½ cups
7. Blanched almonds 1 cup
8. Sliced mushrooms ⅓ cup
9. Diagonally sliced bamboo shoots ½ cup
10. Diagonally sliced celery ½ cup
11. Thinly sliced onion ¼ cup
12. Whole water chestnuts, thinly sliced 10
13. Peanut oil ¼ cup
14. Chicken stock ⅓ cup

How to cook deliciously - Chinese Almond Chicken

1 . Stage

Mix the soy sauce, salt, cornstarch, and sherry in a large bowl. Stir in chicken; cover and refrigerate.

2 . Stage

Heat 1 1/2 cups of the peanut oil in a large, deep skillet. Fry almonds in the oil until golden, about 1 minute. Drain fried almonds on a paper towel.

3 . Stage

Drain all but 3 tablespoons of oil from the skillet. Stir in the mushrooms, bamboo shoots, celery, onion, and water chestnuts. Cook and stir vegetables for 1 minute. Remove from skillet.

4 . Stage

Heat 1/4 cup oil in the skillet. Cook and stir the marinated chicken in hot oil until no longer pink in the center, and the juices run clear, 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in cooked vegetables, chicken stock, and reserved soy sauce mixture; simmer until thickened, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir in fried almonds before serving.