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seared chicken & celery with sweet & sour soy sauce

Seared Chicken & Celery with Sweet & Sour Soy Sauce
Ingredients

ingredients:

  • 18 ounces boneless chicken thigh
  • 4 ounces celery stalks
  • a little salt
  • a little pepper
  • 4 tablespoons potato starch (katakuriko)
  • 1 tablespoon salad oil

sweet & sour soy sauce:

Step 1

step 1:

Cut the chicken into bite-size pieces. Sprinkle with the salt and pepper.

Step 2

step 2:

Remove the strands from the celery stalks. Slice the celery diagonally into 1 in. pieces.

Step 3

step 3:

Dust the chicken with the potato starch (katakuriko).

Step 4

step 4:

To make the sweet and sour soy sauce, mix the soy sauce, rice vinegar and sugar.

Step 5

step 5:

Heat the salad oil in a frying pan over a medium-low flame. Add the chicken. Sear for 5 minutes on each side.

Step 6

step 6:

Add the celery. Sear and stir occasionally for a couple of minutes.

Step 7

step 7:

Add the sauce. Stir occasionally for a couple of minutes.

Tori-niku to serori no amazu-shōyu-itame

comment:

This recipe is easy, healthy and delicious. The crunchiness of the celery is a nice accent.

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