what is velveting
âVelvetingâ is a cooking technique in Chinese cooking. This cooking technique is most likely to be used in âstir-friedâ dishes. You can velvet all kinds of meat as recipes require. Please donât mix up âvelveting chickenâ with âChicken Velvetâ. Chicken velvet is a mixture of minced chicken breast, egg white and liquid that is either added to a soup or deep-fried. âVelvetingâ is basically where you coat or marinade poultry or meat for stir-fries with egg white and corn flour or corn starch. In the East, a lot of people and chefs marinade meat or poultry for stir-fries with soy sauce and âpotato starchâ or âsweet potato starchâ before stir-frying or deep frying.