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Moo Shu Chicken

Recipe by Connie Veneracion
When we cook chicken fillets at home, the default is thigh meat. Skin-on, if we can manage to source them. We really don’t like breast meat but that’s a personal preference.
If you prefer to substitute, you’re welcome to do so. Just note that breast meat requires more care because overcooking even for just a minute can dry out the meat.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Marinating time 30 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Chinese
Servings 4 people
moo shu chicken (fillets, cucumber, black fungus) over rice

Ingredients
  

  • 400 grams chicken fillets thinly sliced into strips
  • 1 one-inch piece ginger peeled and grated
  • light soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon rice wine
  • 3 tablespoons tapioca starch or corn or potato starch
  • sesame seed oil
  • 1 ¼ cup dried black fungus soaked in hot water for 30 minutes
  • 2 cucumbers
  • 4 cloves garlic
  • 1 ½ tablespoons oyster sauce
  • ¾ teaspoon sugar
  • ½ cup chicken bone broth
  • 4 eggs lightly beaten

Instructions
 

  • Place the chicken strips in a bowl. Add the grated ginger, two tablespoons of soy sauce, a generous drizzle of rice wine, a tablespoon and a half of starch and a drizzle of sesame seed oil. Mix well. Set aside and allow to marinate. Use this time to cook rice.
  • Drain the black fungus and cut into one-inch slices.
  • Cut the cucumbers vertically into halves. Scoop out and discard the seeds. Cut the cucumber halves into slices about a quarter of an inch thick.
  • Crush, peel and mince the garlic.
  • In a small bowl, make the sauce by mixing together the oyster sauce, sugar, chicken broth, the remaining starch and tablespoon and a half of light soy sauce.
  • Heat a tablespoon of sesame oil in a wok or frying pan.
  • Drizzle in a little soy sauce over the beaten eggs and whisk. Pour into the hot oil. When partially set, stir around to break into rather large lumps. Scoop out and transfer to a plate.
  • Pour two tablespoons of sesame oil into the pan. When starting to smoke, spread the marinated chicken in a single layer. Do not move them for a minute or so until the undersides are browned. Flip over and lightly brown the opposite side.
  • Add the garlic and scallions to the chicken. Stir fry for a minute.
  • Add the sliced black fungus, cucumber and eggs to the pork. Stir fry for half a minute.
  • Pour in the sauce. Continue stir frying for another minute until the sauce is thick and glossy.
  • Ladle rice into bowls and top with moo shu chicken.
  • Serve the moo shu chicken rice bowls at once.

Notes

See also: Moo shu pork recipe
Updated from a recipe originally published in 03/20/2020
Keyword Chicken, Rice Bowl