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      Title: Chicken Chunks With Peanuts In Spicy Sauce
 Categories: Poultry, Meats, Sauces, Chinese
      Yield: 4 Servings
 
    1/2 c  Raw peanuts
      3 c  Peanut oil
      2    Whole chicken breasts;
           - at room temperature
      1 lg Egg white
  1 1/2 tb Water chestnut flour

-----------------------------------SAUCE-----------------------------------
      4    Green onions
      2 cl Garlic
      1 tb Fresh ginger; minced
    1/2 c  Chicken stock
    1/2 tb Sesame oil
    1/2 tb Chinese red vingear            
    1/2 tb Dark soy sauce
  1 1/2 ts Chili paste with garlic
      1 tb Dry sherry
      1 pn Sugar
           Corn starch paste
 
  Trim ends off green onions and cut light green and white part into
  1" sections. Mix all other sauce ingredients in 2 qt saucepan.
  Reserve.

  Pull skin off breasts, then pull chicken meat from bones. Slice
  meat into 1" strips, then crosswise to make 1" chunks. In bowl
  large enough to hold chicken, add egg white to water chestnut
  flour. Beat mixture with a single chopstick, not an egg beater or
  whisk. Stir chicken pieces into egg mixture to coat thoroughly.
  Marinate 5 minutes.

  Note:

  Water chestnut flour gives a lighter crust than corn starch, though
  the latter may be substituted.

  Deep Frying:

  Heat cooking oil in wok or deep-fryer to medium heat. You'll need
  more oil for deep-fryer. Fry peanuts until they are a light tan
  color; if a test peanut browns quickly, turn down heat. Remove
  peanuts with strainer or slotted spoon; drain on paper towel or
  paper bag. Reserve.

  Turn up heat slightly for chicken. Test a chunk first: chicken
  should raise to surface immediately & brown in about 2 minutes.
  Deep-fry coated chicken chunks until golden brown. Deep-fry no more
  than 8 chunks at a time. Use long chopsticks or spatula to keep
  pieces separate while they are frying. Remove with long chopsticks
  or slotted spoon. Reserve.

  Sauce:

  While deep-frying chicken, heat sauce to simmer. Add green onions &
  peanuts about a minute before serving. At the last minute, add
  chicken pieces to sauce, mix quickly & serve.
 
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