Stir-Fried Chicken with Mushrooms and Snow Peas

One of my family’s restaurant favorite dishes was stir fried-chicken with mushrooms and snow peas. Even though the recipe may look like it has a long list of the ingredients, most of these ingredients are easy to find in most grocery stores. A good recipe is a starting point, but the techniques of cooking are another matter that needs practicing.   Most cooks will share the same feeling that making stir-fried dishes at home will not look like the dishes served in the restaurant, but that does not mean that a simple stir-fried dish cannot be prepared at home. Because the stir-fried dish needs extremely high heat and most household kitchens don't have this kind of stove, inexperienced cooks should not feel discouraged. As long as the cooks enjoy the process of making it from scratch with attention to details and love, they will have so much fun and satisfaction. Tasting good is the most important thing.

Ingredients:
1/2 lb. chicken or 1 large chicken breast, thinly sliced
Marinade:
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp black pepper
1 tbs dry sherry
2 tsp cornstarch
4 oz  oyster mushrooms, or your choice of mushrooms,
2 oz. snow peas
Sauce:
1 cup chicken broth
1 tsp soy sauce
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp sugar
1 tsp oyster sauce
1 tbs dry sherry
1 tsp cornstarch
Some spices:
1 tbs fresh ginger, minced
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 shallots, sliced
1/2 cup white onions, sliced
2 tbs of peanut oil

Garnish with green onions and cilantro

Directions:
In a small bowl, combine the marinade ingredients and add chicken. Mix well and let marinate for 15 minutes.

In another small bowl, mix all the sauce ingredients and mix well. Set aside.
Bring a pot of water to boil and blanch the snow peas and quickly submerge in cold water to preserve the bright green color. Drain.

After placing a sauté pan or wok over high temperature, add oil and swirl it around and add chicken in one layer.

Do not disturb the chicken until golden brown. Use a spatula to flip and cook the other side of chicken. Add ginger, shallot, garlic, and white onions. Stir and cook until the chicken is no longer pink and all the spices are fragrant. Add mushrooms and cook for 5 minutes.

 Add sauce and bring to boil. Add the blanched snow peas. Stir and mix them all to coat the sauce for 1 minute.

 Sprinkle with green onions and cilantro. Serve with hot cooked rice.