Click for Cookbook LOGIN
"There is no sight on earth more appealing than the sight of a woman making dinner for someone she loves."--Thomas Wolfe

Walnut Chicken Recipe

  Tried it? Rate this Recipe:
 

 

This recipe for Walnut Chicken is from Endangered Recipes: Too Good To Be Forgotten, one of the cookbooks created at FamilyCookbookProject.com. We'll help you start your own personal cookbook! It's easy and fun. Click here to start your own cookbook!
Category:
Category:
Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 frying chicken
2 c. diced walnuts
8 mushrooms
4 T. soy sauce
1 T. cornstarch
2 T. sherry
1 tsp. salt
1 T. sugar
1/2 c. peanut oil
Directions:
Directions:
Dice fresh chicken meat. Dice mushrooms. Mix cornstarch, sugar, sherry, and soy sauce in a bowl and let stand until ready to use.
Fry walnuts in oil until golden brown. Drain on paper towel. Pour out oil until only 3 tablespoons left in pan. Sauté chicken in the hot oil, stirring for 1 to 2 minutes. Add sauce, stir a minute, add mushrooms, and stir another minute or two until chicken cooked through. Remove from heat. Place in bowl and scatter with fried walnuts.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
4
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
This was a favorite recipe of Mary Li Sia who taught me the summer we spent in Hawaii. She taught me the symbolisms, customs and traditions behind the Chinese Way with food. "How to tempt a delicate stomach; how to please a poetic tongue."

 

 

 

Learn more about the process to create a cookbook -- or
Start your own personal family cookbook right now!  Here's to good eating!

Search for more great recipes here from over 1,500,000 in our family cookbooks!

 

 

 

903W  

Cookbooks are great for Holiday Gifts, Wedding Gifts, Bridal Shower ideas and Family Reunions!

*Recipes and photos entered into the Family Cookbook Project are provided by the submitting contributors. All rights are retained by the contributor. Please contact us if you believe copyright violations have occurred.

Search for more great recipes here from over 1,500,000 in our family cookbooks!