Slightly Chinese Chicken

Name: Slightly Chinese Chicken
Yield: Serves Four to Five
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 4 chicken breasts; cornflour; 450 g/1 lb fresh French beans, topped and tailed; 2 tablespoons oil; 25 g/1 oz blanched almonds; lemon juice; 3 tablespoons soy sauce; salt and freshly ground black pepper; salt and freshly ground black pepper; plain boiled rice

Preparation info

Serves
Four to Five

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cooking for Friends

By Prue Leith

Published 1978

About

Ingredients

4 chicken breasts
cornflour
450 g/1 lb fresh Fren

Asia
China
Main course

Method

Cut the chicken breasts into small pieces and toss them in cornflour to lightly coat them. Immerse the French beans in boiling water and cook for 4 minutes. Drain them, then swish them under the cold tap to stop further cooking and set the colour.

Heat the oil in a large frying pan and toss the chicken breasts in it, turning them constantly with a fish slice, and shaking the pan so that