SHOPPING LIST: Cooking Skills: Chicken 2, Chapter 4 (Chicken Stir-Fries)

Skinless chicken breasts and boneless thighs, an egg, cornflour, soy sauce, oyster sauce, rice vinegar, caster sugar, honey, toasted sesame oil, chicken stock, cashew nuts, roasted peanuts, dried red chillies, fresh ginger, garlic, spring onions, broccoli, peppers, mangetout, carrots, oranges, rapeseed oil, rice or noodles and flaked sea salt.

A velveted chicken and vegetable stir-fry (4 portions)
[ ] 500 g skinless chicken breast, thinly sliced
[ ] 1 egg white
[ ] 2 tsp cornflour
[ ] 1 tsp rapeseed oil, for the marinade
[ ] 3 tbsp rapeseed oil, for frying
[ ] 2 garlic cloves, sliced
[ ] 1 tbsp grated fresh ginger
[ ] 1 red pepper, sliced
[ ] 150 g broccoli florets
[ ] 1 carrot, thinly sliced
[ ] 3 tbsp soy sauce
[ ] 1 tbsp oyster sauce
[ ] 100 ml chicken stock, unsalted
[ ] 1 tsp cornflour mixed with 1 tbsp cold water

A kung pao-style chicken (no rice wine) (4 portions)
[ ] 600 g boneless chicken thighs, in 2 cm cubes
[ ] 1 tbsp cornflour
[ ] 3 tbsp rapeseed oil
[ ] 6 dried red chillies
[ ] 3 garlic cloves, sliced
[ ] 1 tbsp grated fresh ginger
[ ] 4 spring onions, cut in 3 cm lengths
[ ] 3 tbsp soy sauce
[ ] 2 tbsp rice vinegar
[ ] 1 tbsp caster sugar
[ ] 3 tbsp chicken stock, unsalted
[ ] 60 g roasted peanuts

Cashew chicken (4 portions)
[ ] 500 g skinless chicken breast, sliced
[ ] 1 egg white
[ ] 2 tsp cornflour
[ ] 3 tbsp rapeseed oil
[ ] 1 red pepper, diced
[ ] 1 green pepper, diced
[ ] 4 spring onions, sliced
[ ] 2 garlic cloves, sliced
[ ] 3 tbsp oyster sauce
[ ] 1 tbsp soy sauce
[ ] 80 ml chicken stock, unsalted
[ ] 80 g cashew nuts, toasted

Sticky orange chicken (4 portions)
[ ] 600 g boneless chicken thighs, in 3 cm pieces
[ ] 3 tbsp cornflour
[ ] 1 egg, beaten
[ ] 4 tbsp rapeseed oil
[ ] 200 ml orange juice
[ ] 2 tbsp soy sauce
[ ] 2 tbsp honey
[ ] 1 tbsp rice vinegar
[ ] 1 tbsp grated fresh ginger
[ ] 2 garlic cloves, grated
[ ] 1 tsp cornflour mixed with 1 tbsp cold water
[ ] 1 orange, zest

For the experiments
[ ] A wok or large frying pan
[ ] Rice
[ ] A long spatula