Strange-Flavor Chicken Nuggets

Name: Strange-Flavor Chicken Nuggets
Yield: Serves 2 as a main course, 4 as part of a multicourse meal
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon cornstarch dissolved in 2 tablespoons cold chicken stock or water; 3 to 4 cups corn or peanut oil; Green and white scallion julienne, for garnish; Red and yellow bell pepper julienne, for garnish; ¼ cup soy sauce; 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar; 1 tablespoon cider vinegar; 2 tablespoons plus ½ teaspoon sugar; ½ cup water chestnut starch; 1 tablespoon finely minced garlic; 1 tablespoon finely minced fresh ginger; 1 pound skinless, boneless fresh chicken breasts (2 pounds with skin and bone), cut into 1-inch cubes; 1 tablespoon cornstarch; 1½ cups China Moon Double Stock or unsalted chicken stock; 1½ teaspoons dried red chili flakes; 2 tablespoons thinly sliced green and white scallion rings; 1 tablespoon Chinese rice wine or dry sherry; 1 large egg white; 1 teaspoon kosher salt

AKA “McMandarins”

Preparation info

Serves
2
as a main course

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

China Moon Cookbook

By Barbara Tropp

Published 1992

About

If you ever wish to bring the wrath of culinary corporate America down on your head, post a dish called McSomething on your menu! No sooner had I placed this combo of deep-fried chicken nuggets and a zingy Chinese strange-flavor sauce on our menu with the amusing (I thought) title of “McMandarins” than I received a letter from McDonald’s trademark lawyers citing infringement. One of those guys (or gals) must have eaten my nuggets and thought them competitively delicious, thought I, and I br

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Asia
China
Dinner
Spicy

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