Chinese American Recipe
Almond Chicken Ding
Almond chicken ding is a diced chicken, vegetable, and almond stir-fry in a mild brown or white sauce.
Recipe at a glance
| Purpose | Additional Chinese restaurant menu recipe family |
| Cuisine or format | Chinese American |
| Consolidation rule | Closely related menu names are treated as one recipe family when the sauce, technique, or format is the same. |
Ingredients
- 1 lb chicken breast or thighs, diced
- 1/2 cup toasted almonds
- 1 cup celery, diced
- 1/2 cup water chestnuts
- 1/2 cup mushrooms or carrots
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 tablespoon light soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon oyster or mushroom sauce
- 1/2 cup stock
- Cornstarch slurry
Method
- Dice chicken and vegetables evenly.
- Stir-fry chicken until nearly cooked.
- Add garlic and vegetables.
- Add soy sauce, oyster or mushroom sauce, and stock.
- Thicken lightly.
- Fold in almonds at the end.
- Serve with rice.
Variations and substitutions
- Adjust protein, vegetables, and heat level only when the core technique and sauce remain recognizable.
- For allergies or religious dietary needs, check sauces, broth, wrappers, cooking wine, nuts, sesame, shellfish, and shared wok or fryer use.
- For restaurant-style versions, texture matters as much as flavor: fried items should stay crisp, noodles should not become mushy, and sauces should coat rather than flood the dish.