Stir Fry Walnut Chicken

I love nuts and by that I mean dry fruit in case you have a very disgusting mind. Thank God I'm not a woman because it would have sound even more dirtier.

Not every dry-fruit or form of nuts is good for health. Some are just plain calories and blood pressure catalysts.

Walnuts are the good nuts just like almonds. Walnuts are good for a lot of things.

Some of these things are helping in weight-loss (which doesn't mean that you gulp them), they are good for hair, skin, reducing diabetes and stress relief.

This recipe I am going to make is again oriental and has lots of walnuts in them ?(as much as you want to add). It is a bit different of a Stir Fry Walnut Chicken with a combination of nice and expensive vegetables.

Ingredients:

500 grams of boneless chicken cut into 1 inch thick pieces

1/2 medium red capsicum

1/2 medium yellow capsicum

a medium sized broccoli stalk

some finely chopped green onions

1 cup of chicken broth

4 teaspoon of cornflour ( 2 for the chicken and 2 for the broth)

4 teaspoons of soy sauce ( 2 for the chicken and 2 for the broth)

1.5 teaspoon salt (half for the chicken and one during the cooking)

1.5 teaspoon black pepper (half for the chicken and one during the cooking)

1 teaspoon ginger paste

1 teaspoon garlic paste

1 cup of walnuts but you can add more if you want

First of all we marinade the chicken by adding 2 teaspoon of corn flour, 2 teaspoon of soy sauce, salt and black pepper with a little chicken broth just to give the chicken a nice flavor.

Now we add the other 2 teaspoon of soy sauce and corn flour in a separate bowl, whisk it together and then add the remaining chicken broth to it .

Set it aside.

After doing the both above you cut your vegetables the way you like them.

Let the stir frying begin.

Heat up 3-4 tablespoon of oil in a non-stick pan (JUST BY THE WAY I NEED A NEW ONE).

Add the chicken along the ginger paste, garlic paste and cook it until the chicken changes color.

Add the chicken broth mixture and if you want you can add the walnuts right now or later at the end.

I added them after this step to add more flavor to them and the whole darn recipe.

Let it cook until the gravy gets a little thick.

Add the broccoli first, stir fry it for 2 minutes and then add the red/yellow capsicum.

Add the remaining 1 teaspoon of salt and pepper at this point so the vegetables are not tasteless.

Stir fry for a minute or two.

I stir fried it until the gravy was reduced enough to give the whole dish a dry look.

Sprinkle on some chopped green onion at the very last minute and you are all done.

Top it off with more walnuts and chopped green onions.

Ladies and gentlemen, lets all go nus for Stir Fry Walnut Chicken.

Dragon Chicken

Everyone is waiting for the new season of Game of Thrones because who won't. I wanna know more about the dragons than any other character in it.

I am a bit impatient so I rather bring those dragons out one way or another.

So, I've been hearing about this Indo-China recipe called Dragon Chicken a lot. Never found it in any restaurant but the name sounds too intriguing for me to try on.

I wish I could find a real life dragon, kill it and mix it with chicken. Cook it and then that'd be some really insane Dragon Chicken but for now I have to do with this.

Ingredients:

500 grams chicken cut in 1-2 inch long cubes

1/2 medium red capsicum cut in triangles

1/2 medium yellow capsicum cut in triangles

1 big tomato cut in triangles

3-4 green onion bulbs finely chopped

green part of green onions finely chopped

3-4 garlic cloves finely chopped

1.5 teaspoon of ginger paste (half for chicken one for gravy)

1/2 teaspoon garlic paste for chicken

1 tablespoon vinegar

1 tablespoon soy sauce

1.5 teaspoon of salt (half for chicken and one for gravy)

1.5 teaspoon of black pepper (half for chicken and one for gravy)

1 teaspoon of garam masala (half for chicken and half for gravy)

1.5 teaspoon of red chili powder (half for chicken and one for gravy)

2 tablespoon corn flour

Marinade the chicken with ginger paste, garlic paste, salt, garam masala, black pepper and red chili powder. Let it be for 30 minutes.

Then add cornflour and a little of chicken broth and mix it well.

Heat oil in a non stick pan and fry the chicken until golden brown.

Drain the chicken and keep the chicken aside.

Now heat up 2 tablespoon olive oil in a non-stick frying pan, add ginger paste and chopped garlic.

Fry until fragrant then add the chopped green onion bulbs.

Add the red and yellow capsicum, fry for a minute.

Add tomatoes and stir fry for another 30 seconds.

Now add ketchup, chicken broth, salt, black pepper, red chili powder, garam masala, soy sauce and vinegar. Let it cook on high heat for a minute.

Lower the heat to medium and add the chicken.

Add the chopped green onions and some sesame seed which is just  optional.

If you want to make it spicier use chili garlic sauce instead of ketchup and add a tablespoon of sriracha sauce if you have that.

Let it cook until your desired thickness of gravy and Dragon Chicken is read to serve.

Dungeons, dragons, kings and queens. Brace yourselves for Dragon Chicken.