Vegetarian Kam Heong Chicken 素甘香鸡丁
Vegetarian Kam Heong Chicken literally means "Golden Fragrant" Vegetarian Chicken, translated from the Cantonese dialect. It is very similar to the actual Kam Heong Chicken, a very popular Chinese Malaysian cuisine served in many Chinese restaurants throughout Malaysia. Its a simple but incredibly delicious sweet and spicy gourmet vegetarian dish. So Enjoy!
- Prep time
- 2 min
- Cook time
- 8 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 500 gram vegetarian chicken
- 2 red chillies (cut into long strips)
- 1 cup vegetable oil (to deep fry vegetarian chicken)
- 2 stalks lemongrass (cut into long strips)
- 5 tbsp vegetarian Kam Heong sauce (See Recipe Here)
- 5 tbsp water (preferably hot water)
Instructions
- 1
Have ready all ingredients needed to cook this dish.
- 2
To cook this dish, first heat up some oil in wok. Then dip a wooden chopstick into the oil. The oil will bubble around the stick when it's ready for frying.
- 3
Add in the crispy vegetarian chicken pieces and deep fry till golden brown, about 5 minutes.
- 4
Using a strainer, remove the golden brown vegetarian chicken from the oil.
- 5
Set aside to drain on paper towel to remove excess oil.
- 6
Retain a little oil in wok. Then add in Kam Heong sauce, cut lemongrass and red chillies. Stir fry till fragrant.
- 7
Then add in hot water and bring the sauce to a boil.
- 8
Next, add in the deep fried crispy vegetarian chicken.
- 9
Over low heat, stir fry to evenly coat all the vegetarian crispy chicken with the sauce and until the sauce has thickened. And we're done!
- 10
Dish out onto serving plate to serve immediately.
- 11
This dish can also be served as a convenient quick vegetarian one-dish meal to be enjoyed in the comfort of our home. ENJOY!