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Chinese shouldn't be intimidating.. Simple meal with pictures for those interested.

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tarheelmatt
tarheelmatt Posts: 9,867
edited October 2016 in EggHead Forum
I have noticed that Chinese is a hot question around at times (some more than others).  Thought I'd post a cook from Saturday.  

I call this chicken and broccoli.  No recipe used, just out of my head and from past experiences.  

1.5-2lb chicken ( I used tenders)
1 head of broccoli cut into florets
Soy sauce - 3/4 cup
Fresh ginger - Thumb size
Fresh garlic - 2 cloves
5 TBS honey
3 TBS rice wine vinegar
3 TBS sugar
Dash of Chinese five spice
1-2 tbs Symbal 
Cornstarch 
Salt 
Pepper
Canola oil 


Heated a sauce pan with a little canola oil to sweat the ginger and garlic.  Add soy sauce, honey, vinegar, sugar, couple cracks of pepper, Chinese five spice, and a little salt (I use low sodium soy sauce).  Taste for flavor.  Add more of each for your tastes.  Let cool and set aside.  

Cut chicken into chunks.  Salt and pepper them.  

In a large bowl add about a cup of corn starch.  Season with salt and pepper.  Bread chicken.  Set aside.  

Get the Egg up to around 450-500°.  Set spider in and add a cup or so of oil to fry chicken.  

Fry until the edges get browend a little.  Go in batches to not overload wok.  

After complete, remove oil, wipe wok, and get ready for veggies. 

Little canola oil, then add onions, then add broccoli.  

When nice and limp, set aside and add the chicken.  Get some brown on the chicken, then add the veggies, then the sauce.  Combine until sauce begins to thicken.  

Plate it, and enjoy! 

Note: I par steamed the broccoli in the rice cooker before hand.  Just to get slightly cooked.  

Pictures: 

1 - The setup.  It's pretty simple.  





2 - Frying chicken



3 - Doing the onions



4 - Everyone in the pool! 




5 - Sauce added and coating well.  Could have been thicker for my needs, but still good.  I like to have plenty of sauce for plating with rice.  



6 - Done!  Didn't get plated shots.  Nothing crazy.  Plated with Jasmine brown rice cooked in the rice cooker.  






Thanks for taking a look. 



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  • CPARKTX
    CPARKTX Posts: 2,095
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    Nice, and great photos as usual
    LBGE & SBGE.  Central Texas.  
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  • Gman2
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    Nicely done!! Looks great!!
    LBGE, Mechanicsville, Va., LBGE, Duck, NC, XLBGE Wake, Va.
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  • theyolksonyou
    theyolksonyou Posts: 18,458
    edited October 2016
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    So is low sodium salt heavy on the chlorine?

    that plated pic is fantastic
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  • JohnnyTarheel
    JohnnyTarheel Posts: 6,541
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    Great cook... You make it seem so easy!!
    Charlotte, NC - Large BGE 2014, Maverick ET 733, Thermopen, Nest, Platesetter, Woo2 and Extender w/Grid, Kick Ash Basket, Pizza Stone, SS Smokeware Cap, Blackstone 36"
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  • bhedges1987
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    /bow. That looks amazing. 

    Kansas City, Missouri
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  • northGAcock
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    Matt, thanks for shearing. You know I hold you in high esteem when it comes to Chinese / wok cooking. You did not disappoint here my friend.
    Ellijay GA with a Medium & MiniMax

    Well, I married me a wife, she's been trouble all my life,
    Run me out in the cold rain and snow
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  • SciAggie
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    Very nice. My wife likes a lot of sauce for the rice as well. 
    Coleman, Texas
    Large BGE & Mini Max for the wok. A few old camp Dutch ovens and a wood fired oven. LSG 24” cabinet offset smoker. There are a few paella pans and a Patagonia cross in the barn. A curing chamber for bacterial transformation of meats...
    "Bourbon slushies. Sure you can cook on the BGE without them, but why would you?"
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  • Mattman3969
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    Outta bounds good Matt!!

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  • theyolksonyou
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    You sheared that well....
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  • tarheelmatt
    tarheelmatt Posts: 9,867
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    CPARKTX said:
    Nice, and great photos as usual
    Thank you sir!  

    theyolksonyou said:
    So is low sodium salt heavy on the chlorine?

    that plated pic is fantastic
    Edited and corrected, a$$hole.  

    JohnnyTarheel said:
    Great cook... You make it seem so easy!!

    Thanks buddy.

    bhedges1987 said:
    /bow. That looks amazing. 

    Appreciate it!

    SciAggie said:
    Very nice. My wife likes a lot of sauce for the rice as well. 

    My wife does too.  Thanks for taking a look.

    northGAcock said:
    Matt, thanks for shearing. You know I hold you in high esteem when it comes to Chinese / wok cooking. You did not disappoint here my friend.

    Well, I'll have to call on you if anyone calls me out someday if the food tastes worth a damn.  

    Mattman3969 said:
    Outta bounds good Matt!!

    Thanks buddy.

    theyolksonyou said:
    You sheared that well....

    Shearing is cearing!   


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  • theyolksonyou
    theyolksonyou Posts: 18,458
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    Well, that's hurtful. I was just curious about a new salt. 
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  • tarheelmatt
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    theyolksonyou said:
    Well, that's hurtful. I was just curious about a new salt. 
    My apologies.  I must have been the first to say that today?  Figured you were used to it by now.  :lol:   I need to proof the crap first.  I was like "alright, WTF did I screw up on here".  Hahah.  
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  • dmchicago
    dmchicago Posts: 4,516
    edited October 2016
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    Nice!

    Do you deliver?
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  • theyolksonyou
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    I spent the better part of the day with a bunch of 10 yr olds. They only say a$$hole when no adults are around. So yep, first time today. Back to work tomorrow so I'm sure I'll hear it early. 
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  • tarheelmatt
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    dmchicago said:
    Nice!

    Do you deliver?
    If you were near we'd break bread brother!  Where are you located anyway?  Your signature has almost every capitol of every state in it.  
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  • bgebrent
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    Beautiful plate Matt!
    Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga
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  • DoubleEgger
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    Looks good my friend. Nice write up too. 
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  • Canugghead
    Canugghead Posts: 11,527
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    Great cook and pictorial! we par nuke the broccoli and onion, separately, before stir fry.
    canuckland
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  • StillH2OEgger
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    Boy, that looks great. Nice work.
    Stillwater, MN
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    theyolksonyou said:
    I spent the better part of the day with a bunch of 10 yr olds. They only say a$$hole when no adults are around. So yep, first time today. Back to work tomorrow so I'm sure I'll hear it early. 
    I like both of you a lot and you'd better start getting along or else I'll get very sad. 
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    tarheelmatt said:

    Well, I'll have to call on you if anyone calls me out someday if the food tastes worth a damn.  

    Will vouch for you Matt any day.
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  • tarheelmatt
    tarheelmatt Posts: 9,867
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    Appreciate the kind words everyone! 

    Have a wonderful day.  
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  • SoCalWJS
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    Looks wonderful and may give that a shot. I was looking through the list of ingredients to see if I have everything as I am not real familiar with some Asian ingredients. I do not know what "Symbal" is, nor could I find it with a quick search. What is it and is it important or is there a substitute? Thanks.
    South SLO County
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  • tarheelmatt
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    SoCalWJS said:
    Looks wonderful and may give that a shot. I was looking through the list of ingredients to see if I have everything as I am not real familiar with some Asian ingredients. I do not know what "Symbal" is, nor could I find it with a quick search. What is it and is it important or is there a substitute? Thanks.
    Thanks!  

    My apologies, I spelled that incorrectly.  It's Sambal Oelek.  Stuff is the chronic!  



    Image result for sambal oelek

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  • ThrillSeeker
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    That looks great!  Nice pics and excellent write-up.


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  • SoCalWJS
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    tarheelmatt said:
    SoCalWJS said:
    Looks wonderful and may give that a shot. I was looking through the list of ingredients to see if I have everything as I am not real familiar with some Asian ingredients. I do not know what "Symbal" is, nor could I find it with a quick search. What is it and is it important or is there a substitute? Thanks.
    Thanks!  

    My apologies, I spelled that incorrectly.  It's Sambal Oelek.  Stuff is the chronic!  



    Image result for sambal oelek

    Ah! That stuff! I am familiar with it. Thought I had some so ran to the fridge. I have Vietnamese Chili Garlic sauce/paste. Similar? Same? Oh well, outta ginger and no broccoli, so a trip to the store is in order under any circumstances.

    Thanks.
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    SoCalWJS said:
    tarheelmatt said:
    SoCalWJS said:
    Looks wonderful and may give that a shot. I was looking through the list of ingredients to see if I have everything as I am not real familiar with some Asian ingredients. I do not know what "Symbal" is, nor could I find it with a quick search. What is it and is it important or is there a substitute? Thanks.
    Thanks!  

    My apologies, I spelled that incorrectly.  It's Sambal Oelek.  Stuff is the chronic!  



    Image result for sambal oelek

    Ah! That stuff! I am familiar with it. Thought I had some so ran to the fridge. I have Vietnamese Chili Garlic sauce/paste. Similar? Same? Oh well, outta ginger and no broccoli, so a trip to the store is in order under any circumstances.

    Thanks.
    You could probably get by with that, but this has no garlic.  You could hold back on the garlic some if using that.  
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  • Aviator
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    Sambal olek HAS garlic in it. 

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    Aviator said:
    Sambal olek HAS garlic in it. 
    Depending on what brand one buys, the Sambal Oelek from Huy Fong doesn't include garlic in the ingredients, but only a "may contain traces of garlic".  Traces and in the ingredients are two different things.  

    Either way, know what you're putting in is what I'm saying.  


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    tarheelmatt said:
    SoCalWJS said:
    tarheelmatt said:
    SoCalWJS said:
    Looks wonderful and may give that a shot. I was looking through the list of ingredients to see if I have everything as I am not real familiar with some Asian ingredients. I do not know what "Symbal" is, nor could I find it with a quick search. What is it and is it important or is there a substitute? Thanks.
    Thanks!  

    My apologies, I spelled that incorrectly.  It's Sambal Oelek.  Stuff is the chronic!  



    Image result for sambal oelek

    Ah! That stuff! I am familiar with it. Thought I had some so ran to the fridge. I have Vietnamese Chili Garlic sauce/paste. Similar? Same? Oh well, outta ginger and no broccoli, so a trip to the store is in order under any circumstances.

    Thanks.
    You could probably get by with that, but this has no garlic.  You could hold back on the garlic some if using that.  
    I'll give it a shot. Packaging is virtually identical to the photo you posted - different store perhaps?
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