Chicken Tender with Hoisin Sauce

Chicken tender is the best part of the whole chicken.This part of meat is really tender,juicy and moist.For me the best way to cook this part of meat is to fried and coated with your favorite sauce.

Ingredients:

2 lbs chicken tender,cut about 2 inch

Seasoning:

1 tbsp garlic powder

1 tbsp sugar

1 tsp salt

1 tbsp ground white pepper

Breading:

1/2 cup rice flour

1/2 cup all purpose flour.

1 cup canola oil

Sauce:

4-5 tbsp hoisin sauce

3 tbsp ketchup

1 tbsp soy sauce

2 tbsp Chinese rice wine or Shaoxing wine

3 tbsp sugar

salt to taste

Vegetables:

3 cloves garlic,peeled and minced

1 small yellow bell pepper,cut cubes

1 small onion,peeled and cut cubes

1 small orange bell pepper,cut cubes

3 tbsp corn flour + 2-3 tbsp cold water 

Method:

1:Combine chicken tender with all the seasoning ingredients,mix well.Marinate chicken tender overnight.

2:Heat oil in fryer or wok at high heat. Coat chicken with flour mixture before place in hot oil.Fry chicken until golden brown.Remove chicken to plate.

3:Remove the rest of frying oil and leave about 2 tbsp for stir-fry.Add in garlic,fry for 1-2 minutes before toss in all the sauce ingredients,mix well.

4:When the sauce bubbly,toss in cut vegetables,cook for 3 minutes.Add in the corn flour solution to thicken the gravy.Check the seasoning.

5:Toss in the fried tender chicken,mix well with the gravy.Dish out and serve warm with rice.