Chicken with Long Beans and Walnuts
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Recipe Introduction
Yard long beans really do grow to 3 feet long, although they are usually picked when about 18 inches long. The are related to black-eyed peas, but taste and look like green beans. They originated in Africa or southern Asia. They are best eaten when young and tender, about 1 to 1 1/2 feet long. They are great for stir- fry,sautes of steaming.
List of Ingredients
Chicken with Long Beans and Walnuts
Ingredients
1 12-ounce skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
2 tablespoons hoisin sauce
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 tablespoon water
1/2 teaspoon sugar
8 ounces fresh Chinese long beans*, cut into 4-inch lengths, or 8 ounces fresh whole green beans
1 tablespoon cooking oil
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 medium onion, cut into thin wedges
1/2 cup coarsely broken walnuts
2 cups hot cooked rice
Recipe
1. Cut chicken into 1-inch pieces. Set aside.
2. For sauce, in a small bowl stir together hoisin sauce, soy sauce, water, and sugar. Set aside.
3. In a medium saucepan pre-cook long beans, covered, in small amount of boiling water for 3 to 5 minutes (cook whole green beans about 10 minutes) or until crisp-tender. Drain. Set aside.
4. Pour cooking oil into a wok or large skillet. (Add more oil as necessary during cooking.) Preheat over medium-high heat. Stir-fry garlic in hot oil for 15 seconds. Add onion; stir-fry about 3 minutes or until crisp-tender. Remove onion mixture from the wok.
5. Add walnuts to the hot wok; stir-fry for 2 to 3 minutes or until golden. Remove walnuts from the wok.
6. Add chicken to the hot wok; stir-fry for 3 to 4 minutes or until no pink remains. Return onion mixture and walnuts to the wok. Add beans.
7. Stir sauce. Add sauce to the wok. Stir all ingredients together to coat with sauce. Cook and stir for 1 to 2 minutes more or until heated through. Serve immediately over hot cooked rice. Makes 4 servings.
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