Empress Chicken

From: Lavender Lynn

On Jun 1, 2008

This is a very good chicken recipe. I followed the ingredients per recipe except I didn't add hot peppers due to personal preference. I added 4 veges to stir-fry stage: asparagus, water chestnuts, mushrooms and green peppers . There was plenty of sauce to cover veggies and chicken. This was made for for ZWT4 Add Veggies.

From: MichelleOnTheLake

On Feb 12, 2008

Excellent recipe Charmie! Made as posted and it came out great. I put it in my repeat pile here at the house so I don't forget about it. If you like Chinese chicken, you will LOVE this one. Michelle

From: Tigerlillyblu

On Dec 11, 2006

Awesome recipe!!! I was somewhat concerned about the amount(s) of cornstarch, based on previous recipes so I cut back here and there. The sauce mixture I used 1/4 cup cornstarch, for the chicken marinade I used 1 tbsp of cornstarch. Two gloves of garlic, I thought were sufficient, also, added 5 hot chili pods instead of jalapenos. As for vegetables, I boiled water and threw in some broccoli and carrots for one minute, and then shocked them in ice water (to retain crunch and colour). Threw the veggies along with approx 1 1/2 cup of scallions into a hot pan with 2 tbsp of peanut oil. Poured in the sauce mixture, at first it was very runny but after stirring a couple mins on medium high the sauce began to thicken. It was great!!!! Consistency of the sauce was great, not to starchy, so I will use the same measurements for cornstarch mentioned above for the next time. Served it with basmati rice (plain). Thanks for the posting.

From: Anme

On Nov 2, 2006

Very good, although I was tempted to rate it 4 stars because it got WAY too thick and was pretty hard to deal with BUT the end result was amazing. I used left over chicken and just threw it in the sauce in the end. I kinda cheated . Thank you for the great recipe!!