Szechuan Chicken
Serves 8
Ingredients
Scale:
1x
- ¾ cup Chicken broth
- ¼ cup Soy sauce (light)
- ¼ cup Soy sauce (dark)
- 1 tablespoon Oyster Sauce
- ½ cup Water
- ¼ teaspoon Hot sauce
- 2 tablespoon Brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon Ginger (crushed)
- 2 teaspoon Garlic (minced)
- 1 medium Green pepper (diced)
Instructions
- Add about 1-2 tbsp. water to breast meat, followed by an equal amount cornstarch.
- Gently massage cornstarch into breast meat.
- Place meat in fridge until ready to use.
- Mix well and set aside.
- When ready to cook, heat wok unitl it smokes, reduce heat and place a little oil in wok. It will heat very quickly. Place chicken in wok and stir-fry.
- When it is about halfway done, douse chicken with a about 1 1/2 tbsp. sherry and stir.
- Finish cooking chicken and remove from wok.
- Next, clean wok and reheat it.
- Add just a little oil and heat.
- After oil has heated, add a clove of garlic and dried red pepper pods.
- After sauce has simmered for about a minute or so, add cornstarch and water mixture(1 tbsp each).
- Stir briefly and when sauce starts to thicken, add chopped bell peppers.
- When sauce has thickened, add hot oil and stir until well-mixed.
- Lastly, return chicken to wok and mix with sauce.
- Serve over white rice.