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Brad's Chinese almond chicken. Tender chicken, vegetables, and fried almonds, bathed in a soy based sauce, tastes just like a Chinese restaurant favorite. I was craving Almond Chicken and had all the ingredients. I have had such good luck with allrecipes recipes that I picked it first out of the googled list.

It's called something different in each individual restaurant, Boneless BBQ Chicken, Boneless Almond Chicken. Almond Chicken is another winner to add to that list. It was a pretty popular dish starting around a century ago, served alongside egg foo young and chop suey at Chinese restaurants in the U. You can have Brad's Chinese almond chicken using 15 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Brad's Chinese almond chicken

1. It's of For the almond gravy.
2. You need 1/3 cup of butter.
3. It's 1/3 cup of flour.
4. It's 6 Oz of package blanched slivered almonds.
5. Prepare 1 qt of half and half.
6. It's 1 tsp of granulated chicken bouillon.
7. Prepare of For the chicken.
8. It's 3 of large chicken breasts, cut length wise into 1" strips.
9. You need 1 cup of flour.
10. Prepare 1 tbs of garlic powder.
11. Prepare 2 of eggs, beaten.
12. You need 2 cups of panko bread crumbs.
13. You need of Oil for frying.
14. It's of Prepared jasmine rice.
15. You need of Green onions for garnish.

Mix sauce ingredients together in small bowl, set aside. Add cooked vegetables and almonds to. Learn how to make this version of a very popular Chinese dish made with boneless chunks of chicken thighs (or chicken breast if desired) marinated in soy. This delicious easy stir-fry recipe features slivered almonds paired with chicken breasts and vegetables.

Brad's Chinese almond chicken step by step

1. In a dry pan over medium heat, toast almonds. Stir constantly until they brown well and get very aromatic. Set aside to cool..
2. Melt butter in a wok or dutch oven. Add flour and make a roux. Stir constantly until mixture becomes very brown and nutty smelling..
3. Meanwhile add cooled almonds to a food processor and chop fine..
4. Add 2/3 of the almonds to the roux. Also add chicken bouillon. Slowly add cream to the roux in small amounts. Fully incorporate each time. About 3/4 of the qt should be good at first..
5. Keep gravy warm on the lowest setting on the stove while frying the chicken..
6. Heat oil for frying. It should cover about half of the chicken strip in the pan. Use a medium low setting..
7. Mix flour and garlic powder. Place in a bowl. Place egg and panko in separate bowls..
8. Dredge chicken in flour then egg, then panko. Place in hot oil and fry on both sides until panko is golden brown and chicken is cooked through. Drain on paper towels..
9. During this process the gravy will thicken. Mix small amount of cream back in to keep texture creamy.
10. Plate rice. Place chicken over the top. Smother in almond gravy. Garnish with more toasted almonds and green onions. I served with a broccoli slaw with snow peas and toasted sesame ginger dressing. Serve immediately. Enjoy.

Rhonda Parkinson is a freelance writer who has authored many cookbooks, including two Everything guides to Chinese cooking. Almond Chicken - tender and juicy chicken stir-fry with almonds, peas and carrots in Chinese brown sauce. So good and much better than takeout! Almond chicken is one of the most popular Chinese recipes here in the United States. Chinese almond cookies are a trademark in Chinese-American cooking.

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