Chicken with Garlic Chives
Garlic chives are an ingredient that isn’t as well known to Americans as it should be. They taste like a firm garlicky green onion. You can find them at just about every Asian market for relatively little money. Garlic chives are used in many recipes like steamed dumplings, and are great in a stir fry. For this recipe, I sautéed some chicken with garlic chives with a basic light sauce. You can use any protein that you want if chicken isn’t your first choice. Serve the stir fry with steamed rice.
Ingredients
Sauce
- 1 tbsp shaoxing cooking wine
- 2 tbsp light soy sauce
- 1/2 tsp sesame oil
- 1/2 tsp white pepper
- 1/2 tsp sugar
Stir Fry
- 3 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 tbsp ginger julienned
- 3 garlic cloves minced
- 1 lb boneless skinless chicken breast or thighs thinly sliced
- 12 oz garlic chives
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Mix together the sauce ingredients. Set aside.
- Heat up cooking oil in a sauté pan over medium high heat. Cook the chicken for 5-6 minutes until browned. Remove from the pan.
- Add in the garlic and ginger. Sauté for 1 minute.
- Toss in the garlic chives. Stir fry for 1 minute.
- Add the sauce and the chicken back into the sauté pan. Stir fry for 1 minute.
- Season with salt to taste.
