Hot & Sour Chicken & Shrimp

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 5 ounces chicken, cubed
• 5 ounces shrimp
• 2 teaspoons cornstarch
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil
• 4 shiitake mushrooms, soaked and drained
• 6 water chestnuts, sliced
• 6 green onions, chopped
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons wine vinegar
• 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 3 tablespoons oil
• 6 chilies, chopped and seeded
• 1 1/2 teaspoons garlic, minced
• 2 -3 cloves garlic, crushed

Recipe

• 1 toss chicken and shrimp in cornstarch, salt, and sesame oil.
• 2 mix mushrooms, chestnuts, and onions.
• 3 mix soy sauce, vinegars, and sugar.
• 4 combine ginger and garlic.
• 5 stir-fry chicken and shrimp in wok and remove from heat.
• 6 cook chilis in oil.
• 7 add mushroom and garlic mixtures and stir-fry.
• 8 add chicken and shrimp with vinegar mixture.
• 9 bring to a boil and cook 1 minute.
• 10 serve over rice.
• 11 to cook rice on the stove similar to steamed rice, get short- or medium-grain rice (you can find this at an asian food store).
• 12 cook 1 cup rice with 1 1/2 cup water (or similar proportions) on low heat 20-25 minutes.
• 13 when the liquid is absorbed, remove from heat and let sit, covered,~10 minutes.
• 14 then remove the cover and fluff- it should be just like steamed rice.