fried chicken, green beans & carrot with sticky sauce

ingredients:

• 10 1/2 ounces boneless chicken
• breast or thigh
• 2 ounces green beans
• (string beans)
• 4 ounces large carrot
• 1 tablespoon salad oil

sauce:

• 1 cup chicken broth or Chinese soup stock
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• a little salt
• a little pepper
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 tablespoon water
• 1 tablespoon potato starch (katakuriko)

step 1:

Cut the chicken into bite-size pieces.

step 2:

Cut the green beans (string beans) diagonally into 2 in. pieces.

step 3:

Cut the carrot in half. Slice as shown in the picture.

step 4:

Heat the salad oil in a frying pan over a medium flame. Sear the chicken pieces. After they change color, add the vegetables. Sear for a couple of minutes.

step 5:

Add the chicken broth (or Chinese soup stock) and soy sauce, and stir. Add the salt, pepper and sugar, and stir.

step 6:

Bring to a boil and simmer for 1 minute. While the mixture is simmering, dissolve the potato starch in the water. After 1 minute, add the dissolved potato starch to the pan and stir until the mixture becomes creamy.