Stir-Fried Chicken Ribbons and Shanghai Noodles in Spicy Bean Sauce

Name: Stir-Fried Chicken Ribbons and Shanghai Noodles in Spicy Bean Sauce
Yield: Serves 4 to 6 as a main course
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: ½ teaspoon dried red chili flakes; 4 domestic white or brown (crimini) mushrooms, quartered; 2 teaspoons Ma-La Oil, Five-Flavor Oil, or Japanese sesame oil; 1½ teaspoons sugar; ½ pound fresh Shanghai noodles; 1 tablespoon cider vinegar; 1 tablespoon soy sauce; 2 teaspoons mushroom soy sauce; 1 small red onion, cut into ½-inch squares; 1 teaspoon Chinese chili sauce; 1 tablespoon chopped Chinese black beans (do not rinse them); 1 pound skinless, boneless fresh chicken breasts (2 pounds with skin and bone), cut across the grain into ribbons about 2 inches long and ¼ inch thick; 1 tablespoon cornstarch; 1 tablespoon finely minced garlic; 2 tablespoons thinly sliced green and white scallion rings; ⅓ cup Chinese rice wine or dry sherry; 2 tablespoons purple basil julienne; 1 tablespoon cornstarch dissolved in 1½ tablespoons cold chicken stock or water; 2 to 3 tablespoons corn or peanut oil, for stir-frying; 1 large egg white; 2 fat scallions, cut into 1-inch nuggets; 6 to 8 pieces Oven-Dried Plum Tomatoes; 1 teaspoon kosher salt; 1 tablespoon Chinese rice wine or dry sherry; 1⅔ cups China Moon Infusion, China Moon Double Stock, or unsalted chicken stock; 1 small carrot, julienned; ½ cup yellow wax beans (2-inch lengths)

Preparation info

Serves
4 to 6
as a main course

Difficulty
Complex

Appears in

China Moon Cookbook

By Barbara Tropp

Published 1992

About

This is a wonderful dish for late summer or fall, when basil and tomatoes are still around and the turn in the weather is suggesting a bit of spice. The combination of flavors is terrific, and there is nothing to derail even a very new cook.

Shanghai noodles are pudgy egg noodles with a chewy texture; many Chinatown noodle factories package them in one-pound bags. If they are not readily available, any similar egg noodle of Chinese or Italian heritage can be substituted with success

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Asia
China
Dinner
Spicy
Summer

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