Chicken Stir Fry With Veggies In A Potato Bird's Nest (Chicken Chop Suey In A Potato Basket)

Chicken Chop Suey Stir Fry served on a beautiful potato bird's nest. I'll show you how easy it is to make a Bird's Nest out of finely chopped up shoestring potatoes. The chicken, mushrooms, green pepper and broccoli are seared with lots of "wok hei". You will learn how to make a delicious recipe using a carbon steel wok. Your family and friends will be really impressed when you serve this dish. Recipe is below:

Chicken Chop Suey In A Potato Bird's Nest

2 to 3 Russet potatoes
2 chicken breast
3 tablespoons + 2 more tablespoons cooking oil
1/2 liter or more cooking oil for deep frying
1/3 cup sliced carrots
1 teaspoon sesame oil
1 teaspoon or less salt
1 cup chopped mushrooms
1 cup sliced green pepper
2 cups broccoli cut up
1 tablespoon light soy sauce
1 tablespoon Chinese oyster sauce
1 tablespoon cornstarch in 1/3 cup water

Cut chicken into 1 inch chunks. Marinade chicken with 1/2 teaspoon light soy sauce, 1 tablespoon light soy sauce, 1 tablespoon cornstarch and 3 to 4 tablespoons cooking oil. Mix all the ingredients. Marinade chicken for at least 1 hour or overnight for maximum tenderness.

Cut mushrooms i n half only. Cut green pepper into bite size pieces.Cut broccoli in half or in quarter size. You can whatever vegetables that you like.

To make potato bird's nest, cut the skin off of 3 medium size Russet potatoes. Russet is a good potato for deep frying. Cut potatoes into thin shoestring potatoes. Put cooking oil in a pot and bring heat of oil to 375 F degrees. You need a wire mesh basket to put the potatoes to form a nest. A metal strainer works for this.
Deep fry the potato bird's nest 2 time for 2 to 3 minutes each time. Use a spatula or utensil to hold down the potato bird's nest the first time. The second time, the potato bird's nest should hold together by it self. After 2nd cooking, put the potato bird's nest on a plate with napkins to soak up the oil. Take off the napkins.

For the chicken chop suey, preheat a wok at medium heat. Add ginger and carrots and briefly stir fry. Turn heat setting to high. Add chicken and sear for 30 seconds. Then stir fry until the chicken is cooked half way. Remove onto a plate.

Put more cooking oil in the wok. Add mushrooms, green pepper and