Chilli Chicken Szechuan Style Recipe How To Make Chilli Chicken At Home

CHILLI CHICKEN SZECHUAN STYLE RECIPE | HOW TO MAKE CHILLI CHICKEN AT HOME

Steps:

• Marinate chicken: Place boneless chicken thighs in a glass bowl. Toss in black pepper powder, sugar, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, and rice wine. Mix well, then add cornflour and mix till well incorporated. Set aside to marinate for 30 minutes.
• Place a wok on high heat and add oil. Once the oil is screaming hot but just before it starts smoking, carefully tip in marinated chicken. The marinade will splatter and spit as soon as it hits the oil, so be very careful. Quickly stir fry the chicken, about 2 minutes, then remove with a slotted spoon, leaving the oil in the wok. Reserve chicken.
• Add garlic and red chillies to the wok in quick succession and stir fry for 30 seconds to flavour the oil. Add red chilli paste and stir. Toss in the white part of the spring onion, stir fry for a minute, then slide in the reserved chicken. Stir to mix well, then pour in hot chicken stock. Cook for about 3 minutes, stirring.
• Add cornflour slurry, stir, and cook till the sauce thickens and glistens on the chicken, about 1 minute. Garnish chilli chicken with the green part of the spring onion.
• Remove chilli chicken from heat and transfer to a bowl. Serve immediately with steamed rice. Serves: 4 as part of a larger meal Prep Time: 10 minutes plus 30 minutes marination time Cook Time: 14 minutes

SIMPLE CHILLI CHICKEN RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Season the chicken with salt and pepper.
• Cut the chicken into thin strips then coat in the egg wash and flour.
• Shallow fry for a few minutes on each side, until golden brown.
• Add the peppers and fry for another couple of minutes. Remove the chicken and peppers and set aside.
• In the same pan, add the garlic, red chilli, soy sauce, tomato purée, and water. Stir and simmer the mixture reduces and is thick and syrupy.
• Add back in the chicken and peppers and stir well in the sauce.
• Serve with rice.
• Enjoy!