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Spicy Chicken Fillets With Snow Peas
My Favorite Dish
My mom always have her tricks up to her sleeves in order to get us eat the snow peas which we hated the most.
I remembered once she added our favorite chicken fillets and sum up with a special sauce that had caught us hooked to this Spicy Chicken With Snow Peas for months!
She would throw in some chopped onions, chicken fillets and add in hot bean sauce which was the special sauce that I had been talking about.
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Why do we hate snow peas?
My mom is a lazy chef. She prefers to cook vegetable dishes without picking out the roots, stems or strings.
Eating snow peas with the strings attached is similar to chewing rubber bands in your mouth.
Hence, I always have to help her out to pull out the strings along both sides of the snow peas before cooking time.
At the tip of the snow pea, peel up the string and pull it slowly, downwards until it snaps. Repeat the same procedure for the other sides.
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What is Chillie Bean Sauce?
I never heard of Chillie bean sauce either until I stumbled upon it at the local supermarket, at the sauce & spice department.
Some people called it Hot Bean paste while locally most housewives say it is Dou Ban Jiang, also known as Chillie Bean Sauce.
It is actually a combination of fermented bean past with blended chillies and sugar mixed in a jar. Chillie Bean sauce or hot bean sauce makes a wonderful salted and spicy flavor to meat recipes and tofu.
You need not add in extra seasoning such as salt or pepper into your dish after adding hot bean paste as it has all the required taste with a tablespoon.
Verdict:
This is today's dinner.
My kids had just finished almost half of the dish, the chicken fillets are gone for sure, so are the snow peas but nobody is eating the onions.
They love to mix the mild spicy gravy with white rice.
Guess I had to finish the rest like a garbage truck!
Here is the recipe for SPICY CHICKEN FILLET WITH SNOW PEAS:
Food you need to prepare:
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Ingredients You Need To Prepare
- 2 clove garlic,, chopped
- 200g chicken fillets
- 12 snow peas,, remove strings
- 1 small onion,, sliced
- 2 tsp plum sauce
- 3 slices ginger
- 125ml chicken stock or water
- 1 tbsp hot bean sauce
- 1 tsp light soy sauce
Method of cooking:
- Cut the chicken fillet into strips.
- Wash the snow peas and remove the strings.
- Heat up wok with oil. Fry chopped garlic, slices of ginger and onions until fragrant. Add in hot bean sauce but slow down the heat in order not to burn the sauce.
- Add in snow peas and the chicken fillets, stir fry for 5 minutes until the chicken fillets are almost cooked.
- Pour in the chicken stock and season with plum sauce, light soy sauce. Allow the stock to simmer until the snow peas and chicken turned soft.
- Once the stock reduced to almost half, the dish is done. Remember to retain some stock as the gravy. Garnish with chopped spring onion and fried crispy shallots if desired.
Garlic, onions and ginger
Chicken fillets
Light soy sauce
Chillie bean sauce
How often do you eat snow peas?
Health Benefits of eating snow peas
Mom says that we have to eat vegetables which included snow peas even though we hated the strings.
Here are the reasons why:
- Snow peas are less in calories. So if you are on a diet or weight loss program, eat your greens!
- Snow peas are high in fiber just like any other green leafy vegetables and fruits. It helps you to reduce constipation problems. If you want smooth stool, eat snow peas to help your waste in the large or transverse colon to push down into the anus quickly. No more moaning in the toilet bowl!
- Snow peas has high Vitamin C as fresh orange juice. It aids in fighting against inflammatory diseases, protect your immune system from free radicals and germs from attacking your body.
- Snow peas has sufficient amount of carotene which is similar to carrots, to protect your skin, mucus membranes and better eyesight. Who says carrots can make you look in the dark? Snow peas can!
How to remove the strings of snow peas
How to choose fresh snow peas
- Choose snow peas that are bright in green colors.
- If you could pick the snow peas, choose small seeds and brightly colored pods.
- Avoid picking thin, lumpy ( lifeless) snow peas.
- Avoid yellowish snow peas, they had been on the shelves for weeks.
- Avoid dried brown seams.
- fresh snow peas should be very green, flat and firm.
- Snows should be able to break with a snap easily.
- Fresh snow peas should snap if bend. In addition you can see the fresh, round pods inside
How to keep store peas
- Keep fresh snow peas in plastic bag, preferably ziplock bag in the fridge.
- You may keep them up to 3 days.
- However, the peas may turn soft and less crispy by then.
- Try to eat / cook snow peas in 2 days after purchase.
Per Serving
| Nutrition Facts | |
|---|---|
| Calories | 134 |
| Calories from Fat | 0 |
| % Daily Value * | |
| Carbohydrates 25 g | 8% |
| Sugar 9 g | |
| Fiber 35 g | 140% |
| Protein 9 g | 18% |
| * The Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet, so your values may change depending on your calorie needs. The values here may not be 100% accurate because the recipes have not been professionally evaluated nor have they been evaluated by the U.S. FDA. | |
Tofu Absorbs Sauce Well
Substitute
If you are a vegetarian, replace the chicken fillet with pressed tofu, mushrooms or vegetarian meatball to add more flavor to your snow peas dish.
If you would like to try something different, replace it with chicken liver, taste as good as any chicken parts.
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© 2014 peachy
Comments
Oh my, your photo makes my mouth water. I am guilty of not eating enough snowpeas and will have to pick some up this week. Thanks for the share on this lovely dish.
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@teaches12345
thanks for yr kind comments. My kids are learning to eat snow peas after mixing with chicken fillets
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thanks, hope you enjoy this meal
This sounds so delicious that I'm gonna make it for dinner. I love snow peas, or pea pods as we call them over here.This is very much a form of stir fry which I do at least once a week. I've never tried that Chillie Bean Sauce before and look forward to seeing what I think. Thanks for a great recipe to add to my folder.
Your recipe looks so delicious and tempting!
The combination of ingredients looks very interesting! I must try this.
Thanks, voted up and pinned!
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@Minnetonka Twin
Thanks for reading and adding this recipe to your list. Try Lee Kum Kee brand, if you can get one
@ChitrangadaSharan
Thanks for your votes and pins
I love hot bean paste!
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I love it too, with tofu and minced meat
Mmm I prefer it with little meat pieces hhh I don't know what's that called.. You've got a very organized recipe right here, thanks for sharing (:
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Hi ranakm,
Thanks, any meat will do, a little is better than a lot
This looks amazing!
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@Sunnyglitter
thanks, I am sure you will enjoy this dish
I agree with the first comment--mouth watering! Thanks also for the tips on buying snow peas.
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@RTalloni
thanks, you should try different veggies, i love the combiantion
This sounds like a quick, easy meal that is full of flavor and texture...four things I look for in a recipe.
Adding to my recipe files. Thank you so much for sharing.
Angels are on the way to you ps
Wow..This looks simply mouth watering. The photo alone is enough to make me feel hungry.
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thanks, I like to try new veegie recipes, hope you like it
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lol! yeah, just had to take this photo and upload it
This looks delicious. I love snow peas but I agree, you must remove the strings!
I actually grew snow peas when we lived in Wisconsin. We love them! Sounds like a really good recipe. Thanks!
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you grow your own snow peas? clever!
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yes, if you don't remove the strings, you will be chewing rubber bands
It looks and sounds very good.
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Dear paepawwrites
Do try to let me know
This looks like a delicious recipe! Voted up.
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@writer fox
thanks, appreciated yr votes
I love snow peas, even raw sometimes but I agree about that string! I always remove it, unless the peas are really young. Still don't want to eat the stem though. I will be back for this recipe too; or maybe i will just take it with me! ^+
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@jackie
you eat raw snow peas? I find it weird to taste raw vegetables unless boiled. Like eating grass!
Yesterday I saw a package of snow peas in my refrigerator. I now I know what to do with them.
Great photos and surely do-able recipe. I like that I can substitute something else and produce the same result. This is definitely on my list.
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@joyfulcrown
thanks, now you can do something with your snowpeas.
@CrisSp
Thanks, yes you can replace them with any ingredients
These mouth watering pictures make me hungry. I didn't know that snow peas had strings like pole beans do. You're right about them tasting like rubber bands if not removed. Thanks for the tip on the hot bean sauce. That looks good.
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Dear pegcole,
Glad to hear that you like this recipe and the hot bean sauce
Thanks for the heads up. I have used other sauces but not this one. My family likes the spicy dishes so this will be one they will enjoy for sure.
Angels are on the way to you this afternoon. ps
Voted up+++ shared g+
Very nice recipe and beautiful photos, peachpurple. The chicken and snow peas dish looks yummy and easy to make. The combination of ingredients sounds very flavorful. I will have to try it. Thanks for sharing this recipe. Voted up and useful. Thanks, pstraubie48 for sharing with the community!
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thanks janshares, thanks pstraubie48 too, I am happy that someone read my recipes
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thanks straubie48, any sauces will do as long you like them.
This recipe looks very good, peachpurple. I love snow peas, but I can see where they would not be a favorite for people if the stems and strings are left in! It is kind of time consuming to prepare the snow peas that way, but worth the effort.
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KarenHC
true, the strings and stems are time consuming just like bean sprouts
This looks so good. I love spicy chicken and snow peas. Yum.
Looks like a might tasty dish to me.
I love snow peas, think I will plant some this year.
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thanks, you plant snow peas?
This is a great recipe. I get so tired of tasting my own food, I am always looking for ways to spice things up!
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2besure
thanks, yeah out own food tasting sometimes do get bored, trying new recipes would be nice
That looks yummy
Hubilicous :D Delicious.
You have just made me bookmark this hub. Next week il attempt this .
Thank you great hub.
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thanks, do try and let me know. I wish there is a hublicious vote too
I do all of the cooking at home and one of my favorite dishes is chicken and vegetable stir-fry. Snow peas can be a pain to clean, but they are so good to eat.
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thanks pagevoice, it is true when peeling off the strings. I like the crisp texture
Wow this seems so yummy! I love spicy food in general so this will be on my list for trying out for sure!
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Thanks, yes, spicy veggies are rare.
I don't know what hot bean sauce is, but I love that chili garlic sauce! Spicy chicken sounds great! I've never thought about moving the strings in snow peas, but you're right in that they would be much better!
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thanks victoria, yes, do remove the strings. You will be chewing strings and rubber bands , aren't you?
Seems yummy :)
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thanks akriti, i noticed you love food:)
Hi Peachy, I never heard of hot bean sauce, I'll have to look for it in our stores. If I can't find it, what can I substitute it for? I love this recipe, it's a nice summer dish to make. I gave t 5 stars and voted up.
Blessings to you.
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Thanks rachel, if you can't find hot bean sauce, try mixing chilli paste with salted soya bean paste together. You can find it at amazon. Or the supermarket under the seasoning section, brown beans in color
Thanks, I love trying new foods.
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thanks rachel, I love trying new recipes too
Yummy! I love this kind of food. Thanks for sharing Peachy.
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yo thelme! good to see you!
Revisiting this good sounding recipe of yours. It is certainly making me hungry! Thanks for sharing your recipe. Pinning!
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yeah, I am hungry too, will be cooking today the same recipe. Bon appetit!
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