Best 9 Shanghai Chicken Recipes

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**Shanghai Chicken: A Culinary Journey through China's Vibrant Metropolis**

In the heart of China's bustling metropolis, Shanghai, lies a culinary treasure that embodies the city's rich history and vibrant culture: Shanghai chicken. This delectable dish is a symphony of flavors, textures, and aromas that has captivated the palates of locals and visitors alike. From the tender, succulent chicken to the savory sauce and aromatic vegetables, Shanghai chicken is a true feast for the senses. This article presents a collection of carefully curated recipes that will guide you through the process of recreating this iconic dish in your own kitchen. Whether you're a seasoned chef or a culinary novice, these recipes offer a range of options to suit your skill level and preferences. Get ready to embark on a culinary journey that will transport you to the vibrant streets of Shanghai, where the flavors of this beloved dish come alive.

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SHANGHAI FRIED NOODLES WITH PORK OR CHICKEN



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Make and share this Shanghai Fried Noodles With Pork or Chicken recipe from Food.com.

Provided by littleturtle

Categories     One Dish Meal

Time 30m

Yield 4-6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 19

1/2 lb fresh Chinese noodles (medium)
1/2 cup cold water
1 tablespoon sesame oil
1/2 lb pork tenderloin or 1/2 lb chicken breast
2 tablespoons light soy sauce
1 teaspoon rice wine or 1 teaspoon dry sherry
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 scallion, cut into 1 inch pieces
1 garlic clove, sliced
1/2 tablespoon ginger, minced
9 tablespoons peanut oil
1 teaspoon sugar
1 head Chinese cabbage, shredded
1 tablespoon dark soy sauce
1 1/2 teaspoons cornstarch, dissolved in
1 tablespoon water
1 bunch spinach leaves, washed
1/2 teaspoon white pepper
1/2 teaspoon salt

Steps:

  • Drop noodles into boiling water, and cook about 4 minutes.
  • Add cold water, and bring to boil for 1 minute.
  • Rinse with cold running water, drain, mix with sesame seed oil, and set aside.
  • Cut meat crosswise and julienne.
  • Mix with 1 tablespoon light soy sauce, the wine, and the cornstarch.
  • Stir-fry scallion, garlic, ginger and meat in 2 tablespoons heated oil at 400F until meat changes color (about 2 minutes).
  • Add other tablespoon light soy sauce and sugar, remove, and keep warm.
  • In clean wok, stir-fry cabbage in 2 tablespoons heated oil at 400F for 2 minutes, remove, and wipe out wok.
  • Heat 3 tablespoons oil in wok, and add noodles (Do NOT stir).
  • Let noodles brown on bottom (about 5 minutes), then turn noodle cake over.
  • Brown other side in same manner, and remove to warm platter.
  • Heat 1 tablespoon oil in wok, and add pork, cabbage, and dark soy sauce.
  • Stir-fry until thoroughly heated.
  • Thicken with dissolved cornstarch.
  • Pour over noodles, and wipe out wok.
  • Heat 1 tablespoon oil in wok until smoking hot (400F).
  • Wilt spinach, add salt and pepper, and stir-fry quickly for 10 seconds.
  • Arrange spinach around mound of covered noodles.

SHANGHAI CHICKEN AND NOODLES



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Delicious 30-minute dinner? You can do it with chicken breasts and four other ingredients!

Provided by By Betty Crocker Kitchens

Categories     Entree

Time 25m

Yield 6

Number Of Ingredients 5

1 1/4 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1/4-inch slices
12 ounces uncooked fettuccine
1 bag (1 pound) fresh (refrigerated) stir-fry or chop suey vegetables (about 5 cups)
1 cup sliced mushrooms (3 ounces)
1/4 cup hoisin sauce

Steps:

  • Cook and drain fettuccine as directed on package.
  • Meanwhile, spray nonstick wok or 12-inch skillet with cooking spray; heat over medium-high heat. Add chicken; cook and stir 3 to 4 minutes or until brown. Add vegetables and mushrooms; cook and stir about 3 minutes or until vegetables are crisp-tender and chicken is no longer pink in center.
  • Stir hoisin sauce into chicken mixture. Heat to boiling, stirring constantly. Boil and stir 1 minute. Add fettuccine; toss until well coated and heated through.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 385, Carbohydrate 51 g, Cholesterol 115 mg, Fiber 5 g, Protein 35 g, SaturatedFat 2 g, ServingSize 1 Serving, Sodium 270 mg

SHANGHAI CHICKEN AND NOODLES



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30 minutes to prepare this tasty meal with only 5 ingredients. From Betty Crockers Dinner Made Easy's newsletter.

Provided by lauralie41

Categories     One Dish Meal

Time 30m

Yield 4-6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 5

1 1/4 lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1/4-inch slices
12 ounces fettuccine, uncooked
16 ounces stir fry vegetables (fresh in the produce section) or 16 ounces chop suey vegetables (fresh in the produce section)
1 cup sliced mushrooms
1/4 cup hoisin sauce

Steps:

  • Cook fettuccine according to the directions on the box. Drain well and set aside.
  • While fettuccine is cooking spray a nonstick wok or 12 inch skillet with cooking spray. Over medium high heat cook chicken for 3 to 4 minutes or until golden brown stirring often. Stir in the vegetables and mushrooms cooking for approximately 3 minutes or until tender crisp and chicken is no longer pink in the center.
  • Stir the hoisin sauce into the chicken mixture and heat until boiling, stirring constantly. Boil and stir for one minute. Add well drained fettuccine and toss well until coated and heated through. Serve immediately.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 523.4, Fat 6.2, SaturatedFat 1.6, Cholesterol 154.6, Sodium 369.4, Carbohydrate 68.6, Fiber 3.4, Sugar 6.3, Protein 45.9

SHANGHAI CHICKEN



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We love this recipe, and have for many years. I've been making it since not long after we were married, and I still get requests. It's easy and quick. To make it healthier for us, I no longer sprinkle the chow mein noodles on top, but the kids sure loved them! The recipe card says this is from Woman's Day magazine. It would have sometime back in the 80's.

Provided by Chef PotPie

Categories     Asian

Time 20m

Yield 6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 11

2 whole boneless skinless chicken breasts
2 tablespoons oil (I use cooking spray)
2 cups celery, sliced diagonally
2 cups fresh bean sprouts
1 (5 ounce) can sliced water chestnuts
1 -10 3/4 ounce cream of mushroom soup
2 tablespoons soy sauce (low sodium is fine)
1 cup sliced green onion
1 (2 ounce) jar sliced pimientos
3 cups hot cooked rice
1 (3 ounce) can chow mein noodles

Steps:

  • Cut chicken into small cubes and saute in oil until firm.
  • Stir in celery and saute until crisp-tender, about 2 minutes.
  • Stir in next 6 ingredients, bean sprouts through green onions.
  • Bring to boil, reduce heat and simmer 2 minutes.
  • Serve over rice and top with chow mein noodles.

SHANGHAI HUNAN CHICKEN



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The owner of the Chinese restaurant in our town was nice enough to show me how to make his Hunan chicken (my favorite!) when they sold the restaurant in December, 2012. He used a wok over a huge gas flame and whipped this up in about 3 minutes! Americans will have to make do with a saute pan, and I'm sure a stove won't cook nearly as fast as his wok on a flame. I hope I remembered most of his recipe!

Provided by Babes_Mom

Categories     One Dish Meal

Time 27m

Yield 2 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 17

1 1/2 cups raw chicken breasts, sliced about 1/8-inch thick across the grain
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup raw carrot, strips (1/8-inch thick, 1/2-inch wide, 1 to 2-inch long)
1/2 cup green pepper, chunks
1/2 cup baby corn, drained
1/2 cup water chestnut, drained
1/2 cup bamboo shoot, drained
1 cup cooked rice
1 -2 teaspoon garlic paste
2 -3 tablespoons low sodium soy sauce
1 tablespoon chopped green onion
1 tablespoon hoisin sauce
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon powdered ginger
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons chopped red chili flakes in oil (I'm sure this has a "name", but I don't know what it is called)
6 -8 dried hot chili peppers

Steps:

  • In about 2 inches of hot oil, saute the chicken for about 1-2 minutes until no longer pink.
  • Scoop the chicken out with a slotted strainer and set aside.
  • Pour the hot oil into a container.
  • Add the 1/2 cup water and heat to boiling. Dump in all the vegetables at the same time and stir around for about 30 seconds.
  • Dip the vegetables out with a strainer. Pour off any remaining water.
  • Put the sauce ingredients into the empty pan. Heat and stir together well.
  • Add the chicken and vegetables back into the sauce and stir around until well coated. If it looks too dry, add a little more soy sauce.
  • Serve over cooked rice.

SHANGHAI CHICKEN IN WINE SAUCE



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Provided by Eileen Yin-Fei Lo

Categories     dinner, main course

Time 1h

Yield 6 to 8 servings

Number Of Ingredients 6

1 3 1/2-pound chicken, freshly killed, washed thoroughly, fat and membranes removed
3 tablespoons Chinese Shao-Hsing wine, or sherry
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/4 teaspoon white pepper
3 tablespoons chicken broth
1/2 teaspoon sugar

Steps:

  • Place the chicken in a large pot, preferably an aluminum Dutch oven. Cover with water and bring to a boil.
  • Lower the heat, cover the pot leaving a slight opening, and simmer chicken for about 30 minutes.
  • Remove chicken from pot, drain and cool on a cake rack.
  • When chicken has cooled, chop into pieces 2 inches by 1 inch, skin and bones included. Place on a serving dish.
  • Mix together the remaining ingredients and pour the marinade over the chicken. Marinate for one hour. Serve at room temperature.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 298, UnsaturatedFat 13 grams, Carbohydrate 1 gram, Fat 20 grams, Fiber 0 grams, Protein 25 grams, SaturatedFat 6 grams, Sodium 488 milligrams, Sugar 0 grams, TransFat 0 grams

SHANGHAI CHICKEN SALAD



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Make and share this Shanghai Chicken Salad recipe from Food.com.

Provided by Chris Reynolds

Categories     Chicken Breast

Time 25m

Yield 4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 13

1/2 cup rice vinegar
3 tablespoons soy sauce
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/3 cup hoisin sauce
1 1/2 tablespoons fresh ginger, grated
1/4 cup toasted sesame oil
1 1/2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts
salt, to taste
pepper, to taste
1/2 head napa cabbage (shredded) or 1/2 head Chinese cabbage
1 large red bell pepper, stemmed, seeded, and thinly sliced
1 bunch scallion, thinly sliced on the diagonal
1 cup chow mein noodles

Steps:

  • Whisk vinegar, 3 tbsp soy sauce, hoisin sauce, ginger, and sesame oil together in medium bowl. Place chicken in single layer in Dutch oven. Pour 1/3 cup vinegar mixture over chicken breast, reserve remaining vinegar mixture to use as dressing. Add remaining 1/3 cup soy sauce and 3 cups water to pot. Bring to boil over high heat. Cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer chicken until cooked through, 7 to 10 minutes.
  • Transfer chicken to plate, cover loosely with plastic wrap, and refrigerate until cool enough to handle. Shred chicken into long thin strands using two forks.
  • Transfer chicken to large serving bowl, toss with 2 tbsp of reserved vinegar mixture and season with salt and pepper. Add cabbage, bell pepper, scallions, and remaining vinegar mixture and toss to combine. Sprinkle with chow mein noodles and serve.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 470.4, Fat 20.2, SaturatedFat 3.2, Cholesterol 99.4, Sodium 3277.6, Carbohydrate 24.8, Fiber 3.5, Sugar 9.5, Protein 47.4

CHICKEN KEBABS SHANGHAI



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A delightful Asian-inspired kebab of chicken and pineapple with a ginger-orange marinade. Recipe is from an old Sunset booklet.

Provided by Daily Inspiration S

Categories     Chicken

Time 45m

Number Of Ingredients 10

3/4 tsp fresh orange zest
1/3 c fresh orange juice
3 Tbsp brown sugar, firmly packed
2 Tbsp soy sauce
4 tsp fresh ginger, minced
4 tsp rice vinegar
1 Tbsp sesame oil
1/2 tsp ground coriander
1 1/2 lb chicken breasts, boneless, skinless (cut into 1 1/2 inch cubes)
1 medium pineapple, peeled, cored and cut into 1 inch chunks

Steps:

  • 1. In a medium size bowl, mix orange zest, juice, sugar, soy sauce, ginger, vinegar, oil, and coriander. Reserve 1/4 cup marinade.
  • 2. Stir chicken in remaining marinade. Cover and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes or up to 2 hours.
  • 3. Lift chicken from marinade and drain briefly (discard marinade). Thread chicken and pineapple chunks on thin metal skewers - alternating 2 chicken chunks and 1 pineapple chunk. Brush reserved marinade over pineapple.
  • 4. Place skewers on a lightly greased grill 4-6 inches above a solid bed of hot coals or as desired on gas grill. Cook, turning and basting with reserved marinade, until chicken is no longer pink in center (6-8 minutes).

SHANGHAI CHICKEN AND NOODLES



Shanghai Chicken and Noodles image

Delicious 30-minute dinner? You can do it with chicken breasts and four other ingredients!

Provided by Betty Crocker Kitchens

Categories     Entree

Time 25m

Yield 6

Number Of Ingredients 5

1 1/4 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1/4-inch slices
12 ounces uncooked fettuccine
1 bag (1 pound) fresh (refrigerated) stir-fry or chop suey vegetables (about 5 cups)
1 cup sliced mushrooms (3 ounces)
1/4 cup hoisin sauce

Steps:

  • Cook and drain fettuccine as directed on package.
  • Meanwhile, spray nonstick wok or 12-inch skillet with cooking spray; heat over medium-high heat. Add chicken; cook and stir 3 to 4 minutes or until brown. Add vegetables and mushrooms; cook and stir about 3 minutes or until vegetables are crisp-tender and chicken is no longer pink in center.
  • Stir hoisin sauce into chicken mixture. Heat to boiling, stirring constantly. Boil and stir 1 minute. Add fettuccine; toss until well coated and heated through.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 385, Carbohydrate 51 g, Cholesterol 115 mg, Fiber 5 g, Protein 35 g, SaturatedFat 2 g, ServingSize 1 Serving, Sodium 270 mg

Tips

  • For the most flavorful dish, use fresh, high-quality ingredients. This means using free-range chicken, fresh vegetables, and aromatic herbs.
  • Don't overcrowd the pan when cooking the chicken. This will prevent the chicken from cooking evenly and will result in a soggy dish.
  • Be careful not to overcook the chicken. Overcooked chicken is tough and dry. Cook the chicken until it is just cooked through, or until the internal temperature reaches 165 degrees Fahrenheit.
  • Use a variety of vegetables in your Shanghai chicken. This will add flavor, texture, and color to the dish. Some good vegetables to use include broccoli, carrots, celery, and mushrooms.
  • Don't be afraid to experiment with different sauces and seasonings. There are many different ways to make Shanghai chicken, so feel free to adjust the recipe to your own taste.

Conclusion

Shanghai chicken is a delicious and versatile dish that can be enjoyed by people of all ages. It is a great way to use up leftover chicken, and it can also be made with fresh chicken. There are many different ways to make Shanghai chicken, so feel free to experiment with different recipes and ingredients. This dish is sure to become a favorite in your home.

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