Name: The perfect chicken stir-fry
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Cooking Method
Ingredients: 2.00 celery stalks chopped; 5.00 ml Chinese five-spice powder; 1.00 green chilli finely sliced; 40.00 ml cornflour; 4.00 chicken breast fillets cut into strips; 1.00 onion large, halved ans sliced; 1.00 green pepper cut into strips; 30.00 ml butter or oil; 100.00 ml hoisin sauce or plum sauce or sweet soy sauce; 5.00 ml sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

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Ingredients (10)

2.00	celery stalks — chopped
5.00 ml	Chinese five-spice powder
1.00	green chilli — finely sliced
40.00 ml	cornflour
4.00	chicken breast fillets — cut into strips
1.00	onion — large, halved ans sliced
1.00	green pepper — cut into strips
30.00 ml	butter — or oil
100.00 ml	hoisin sauce — or plum sauce or sweet soy sauce
5.00 ml	sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

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Method:

Combine the cornflour and spice and coat the chicken strips with the mixture. Heat 10 ml of the butter or oil in a wok or large frying pan and stir-fry the chicken strips in batches until lightly browned and tender.

Add more butter as needed. Remove from the pan and set aside. Add the onion, celery, chilli and green pepper strips to the pan and stir-fry until the vegetables are tender.

Add the chicken and sauce of your choice to the vegetables and stir-fry until heated through. Season with salt and pepper and serve with basmati rice.

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