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Chinese Chicken and Greenbeans with Pecans


I came across some lovely fresh green beans at the market the other day and had a craving for the Chicken and Green bean dish our local Chinese restaurant makes.  
The dish I came up with did not resemble the one they make 
however it was delicious and my husband suggested I share my version with you.
  • 3 boneless chicken breasts sliced diagonally
  • 1/4 cup soy sauce
  • 1/2 cup cornstarch
  • 4 tablespoons cooking oil, divided
  • 2-3 cloves garlic 
  • 4 cups  whole fresh green beans
  • 1 shallot or small onion, sliced
  • 2 cups fresh sliced mushrooms
  • 1/4 cup honey
  • 1 teaspoon soy sauce
  • 1 teaspoon oyster sauce
  • 2 teaspoons rice vinegar
  • 1/2 teaspoon grated fresh ginger or to taste
  • 1 1/4  cups chicken broth divided
  • 2 teaspoons cornstarch (second amount)
  • 1/2 cup pecans or walnuts, toasted
  • 1 tablespoon toasted sesame seed
  • 1 tablespoon chopped green onion
  1. Place chicken in small bowl and toss with soy sauce.  Let sit for 15 minutes.
  2. Place 1/2 cup cornstarch in a plastic bag.
  3. Chop garlic.
  4. Blanch green beans in boiling water for 1 or 2 minutes, 
  5. Drain beans and plunge into cold water.  Drain and set aside.
  6. Drain chicken and drop several pieces at a time into the bag with the cornstarch.  Shake until chicken is coated and repeat with remaining chicken.
  7. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a skillet and when it is hot, fry half of coated chicken pieces with 1/2 of the sliced garlic.  Do not crowd pan. 
  8.  When chicken is done (cut into one piece to check for doneness) remove from pan to a plate.  Add more oil to pan if needed and repeat with remaining chicken and garlic. 
  9.  In the same pan, saute shallot and mushrooms in 2 teaspoons oil  
  10. Add honey, soy sauce, oyster sauce, rice vinegar and 1 cup chicken broth to the pan with the fresh grated ginger.  Simmer  briefly to blend flavours.
  11.  Mix 2 teaspoons cornstarch and remaining 1/4 cup chicken broth and add to sauce gradually until sauce  simmers and thickens slightly.
  12. Add chicken and green beans, cooking just until heated.
  13. Remove to a serving platter and top with pecans, sesame seed and chopped green onions.
  14. Serve over rice.
Serves 4



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8 comments:

  1. AnonymousFebruary 12, 2013 at 5:51 AM

    sounds and looks YUMO---def going to try this

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  2. RosellaFebruary 12, 2013 at 6:37 AM

    That looks delicious Bev!! Your picture is great. I think I always "crowd" my chicken pieces when frying them in my Wok! I need to try making this your way. Thanks for the recipe!

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  4. QuinnFebruary 12, 2013 at 12:39 PM

    I really should know by now that I should not visit this site when I am hungry! ;)

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  5. ellen b.February 12, 2013 at 2:44 PM

    This is my favorite dish to order when we get Chinese takeout. Your version looks real good Bev!

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  6. Brenda S Okie in ColoradoFebruary 12, 2013 at 7:46 PM

    Bev, your version looks so much better and so much healthier looking than most Chinese restaurants. I will definitely be trying this for the weekend. I also just purchased beautiful green beans at our Costco and always have mushrooms and chicken breasts. In fact, I have all these ingredients. Thank you for always sharing wonderful recipes.

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  7. PatFebruary 13, 2013 at 9:28 AM

    Would you please verify the amount of chicken breast. Is this 3 whole breasts? The chickens these days are so large that using 3 whole ones would be a lot of chicken.

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  8. PatMarch 5, 2013 at 7:45 PM

    I made this for dinner this evening and it was so good! I did do some changing and substituting for ingredients I didn't have on hand, but the result was great. We did have to add salt at the table which we usually don't do, so I will salt it next time. I used lower sodium soy sauce so that may have made the difference. I served it over brown rice. The only drawback is that it took a lot of time.

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