Chinese Recipe : Fried Chicken Fillet with Peanuts

Ingredients:

A:

• 1 lb chicken fillet, cut into small cubes
  
• 1 tsp cornstarch
  
• ½ egg white
  
• 1 ½ tbsp water

B:

• 1 tbsp wine
  
• 3 tbsp soy sauce
  
• ½ tsp salt
  
• ½ tsp sugar
  
• 1 tsp cornstarch, mixed with 1 tsp water

C:

• 1 clove garlic, cracked
  
• 2 slices ginger
  
• 4 chili pepper, halved
  
• 1 stalk leek, cut into small pieces
  
• 8 tbsp oil

• 1 cup raw peanuts, skinned or unsalted roasted peanuts
  
• Oil for deep frying

Directions:

1. Cube chicken fillet and mix with other A ingredients.
2. Mix B ingredients in separate dish.
3. Heat oil and deep-fry raw peanuts until crisp. Guard against burning. Remove to a plate. If roasted peanuts are used, do not deep fry.
4. Heat 6 tbsp oil and fry chicken. When meat turns white, remove to a plate.
5. Clean frying pan, heat 2 tbsp oil, and fry ingredients C for 2 minutes.
6. Add fried chicken and mixture of B ingredients and continue to fry.
7. Stir in peanuts quickly and serve hot.