Michelle's Sweet and Sour Chicken

I got a notice from Gregg the other day about his co-worker, Michelle is coming over for lunch. Well, we have lots of stuffs in the fridge and our backyard, and luckily the chicken breast was thawed in the fridge overnight. I told Gregg that I am going to make Chinese food. Sweet and Sour Chicken because I saw the ketchup, have leftover lemon sauce from the scones and some old lemon on the counter. Since the lunch was just 3 of us, so I made a sauteed vegetables from our garden and steamed rice with fried capers. Honestly this is my first time making sweet and sour chicken in 10 years. I can say that my skills are getting better and better. Even Gregg and Michelle were so into it with the steamed jasmine rice with fried capers, eating just that leaving some vegetables behind. So comforty.... hmmmm.

Ingredients:-

2 chicken breast cut in chunk

2 Tablespoon cooking oil

1 cup  ketchup

2 Tablespoon lemon sauce (any kind of citrus sauce or juice you have in your fridge)

1 teaspoon fish sauce

1 teaspoon sesame oil

few slices lemon

a pinch or two salt and pepper to taste

Method:-

1. Stir fried the chicken in a hot wok with some cooking oil, a pinch salt and pepper for few minutes until little brown. Medium to high heat prefer.

2. Then add in ketchup, lemon sauce, fish sauce and sesame oil together. Stir for 2 min under low medium heat until the sauce is thick and glossy.

3. Lastly, put in the lemon slice and stir for a min.

4. Serve with jasmine rice with fried capers (you can see the recipe from my last posting).

Tips:- Chicken always better over cooked than under cooked. The more oil, the more glossy.

The only day I made Kung Pao Chicken

Kung Pao Chicken is very americanized. In fact, a lot of chinese food you might eat at your local chinese restaurant you would never actually find in China. But now they have become a part of our american culture, and are most likely here to stay. Gregg's family loves this type of chinese food, so I made it especially for them, this one time, when they came to visit our new house for the first time.

Recipe:

1 Chicken Breast (cut into chunk)

1 Red bell pepper (cube or slice)

1/2 Onion (cube or slice)

1 stalk Green Onion (chopped)

1 clove Garlic (chopped)

1/2 cup Roasted Walnut (chopped)

1 Tablespoon Oyster sauce

Method:-

1. Heat the work high, add the cooking oil and then the garlic. Stir for just few second, not to burn the garlic. Immediately add in the chicken. Stir the chicken until little golden, or half cooked.

2. Add in bell pepper, onion and green onion, stir fried for a minute.

3. Add the oyster sauce and stir until even.

4. Lastly, just throw in the Walnut, stir for few second. Then serve.

Bao Bao (Full Full) :)