Recipe: Savory Chicken with Pine Nuts

Savory Chicken with Pine Nuts

1 cup Chicken breast diced
1/2 cup Pine nuts
1/2 cup Bamboo shoots -- diced
2 tablespoons Garlic -- minced
2 tablespoons Green onions -- finely chopped
4 tablespoons Vegetable oil

Chicken Marinade:
1 tablespoon Corn starch
2 tablespoons Water
1 tablespoon Chinese wine
2 teaspoons Soy sauce

Sauce:
1 tablespoon Soy sauce
1 tablespoon Water
2 teaspoons Hoisin sauce
1 teaspoon Oyster sauce
1 teaspoon Chili bean sauce
1 teaspoon Sugar
1 teaspoon Sesame oil

Dice chicken, place in a bowl and mix with marinade ingredients. Before dicing bamboo shoots, blanch in boiling water for 30 seconds (to remove tinny, canned flavor). Mix all the sauce ingredients in a small bowl. Heat wok, add 2 tablespoons vegetable oil an stirfry pine nuts until golden brown. Set aside on paper towel.
Using the same wok, heat again and add 2 tablespoons vegetable oil. On high heat, add garlic and stir-fry 10 seconds, then add chicken with marinade and stir-fry until white, but not completely cooked through. Add sauce and bamboo shoots and cook for 2 minutes. Add pine nuts and green onions, mix well and serve.
Serves 2.