Hot Oriental Peaches with Chicken

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Source & History

In the long ago past, we (me & the kids & sometimes Frank) used to regularly have dinner at Iris’s place. This was one the recipes that she used to cook for us. As I remember it, it was delicious. The fact that someone else was cooking the meal may have coloured that perception.

Notes

  • I think that if I was to do this one now, I would cook it in the oven in a casserole dish after I browned the chicken, capsicum & onion (in a lot less than ¼ c of oil). I would use chicken thighs or breasts, real onions & real mushrooms, and I would toast the almonds (I tried this recently, in the interests of research, and it worked well).
Author
Aileen Sorohan

Ingredients

  • 880 gram tin of sliced peaches
  • 400 gram tin champignons
  • 1.75 kg chicken pieces
  • seasoned flour
  • 1/4 cup oil
  • 1 cup green capsicum chopped
  • 1 tbsp dried onion
  • 2 tbsp soy sauce
  • 2 tbsp vinegar
  • 2 tbsp water
  • 1 tbsp cornflour
  • 1/3 cup almonds slivered

Instructions

  1. Drain liquid from peaches and mushrooms, reserve.
  2. Coat chicken with seasoned flour and brown in hot oil.
  3. Add drained mushrooms and green pepper.
  4. Combine onions, soy sauce, vinegar and ½ cup of the drained peach syrup and mushroom liquid.
  5. Pour over chicken, cover and simmer 40min or until chicken is tender.
  6. Blend cornflour and water. Stir into chicken and bring to the boil.
  7. Add sliced peaches, cover and cook for 10min until heated through.
  8. Garnish with almonds. Serve with hot buttered rice.

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