【Tianjin】Chicken silk silver needle

Overview

Chicken shredded silver needle is a traditional Tianjin delicacy. Silver needle is another name for mung bean sprouts here. It is also called silver sprouts. It can also be called mung bean sprouts and bean sprouts. Shredded Chicken Silver Needle is a quick-fried chicken breast cut into shreds and paired with mung beans. No colored condiments are added during cooking, and the chicken shreds are battered with egg white instead of egg yolk. Therefore, the color of the chicken shreds is very refreshing, and the stir-fried dishes are white and elegant. The chicken shreds are smooth and tender, the silver needles are crisp, and the taste is salty and fresh. This dish is nutritious and balanced, containing both animal and plant proteins. Chicken is a source of high-quality protein. Moreover, because chicken contains more B vitamins, chicken contains fewer calories than other meats. Chicken also has the effects of strengthening the spleen and stomach, strengthening muscles and bones, activating blood vessels, warming the body and replenishing qi, and protecting the skin. Bean sprouts are made from soaked mung beans. Their nutritional value is higher than that of mung beans. They have many functions. They can clear away heat and reduce internal heat, and are especially effective in losing weight. Shredded Chicken Silver Needles is a healthy delicacy worth enjoying.

Tags

• hot dishes
• home cooking
• chicken breast
• cooking wine
• egg white
• mung bean sprouts
• oil
• onions
• sichuan pepper oil
• starch
• white sugar
• ginger
• salt

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Wash the bean sprouts and soak them in cold water for 10 minutes.

   

2. 2 Pinch off the roots and buds of the bean sprouts. (Pinching vegetables, that’s where the name comes from)

   

3. 3 Wash the chicken breasts.

   

4. 4 Cut the chicken breast into shreds, add salt, cooking wine, and egg white and stir evenly.

   

5. 5 Add starch and stir evenly.

   

6. 6 Heat up the pan, add more oil, grease the shredded chicken into the pan and remove.

   

7. 7 Use the remaining oil and shredded onion and ginger into the pot and stir-fry until fragrant.

   

8. 8 Stir-fry bean sprouts in a pan.

   

9. 9 Add cooking wine and stir-fry.

   

10. 10 Fry the shredded chicken in the pan.

    

11. 11 Add sugar and fry.

    

12. 12 Add salt and fry.

    

13. 13 Pour in water starch.

    

14. 14 Stir-fry evenly, turn off the heat when the starch is cooked, pour a little pepper oil and serve.