Szechuan Spicy Chicken
Revel in the numbing spice of this Szechuan spicy flavour bomb. Chicken with rice will never be the same again.
Servings: 6
Ingredients
- 1000 g boneless skin-on chicken thighs
- Sesame oil to taste
- Cilantro for garnish
- Aromatics
- 1 tsp Szechuan peppercorn powder
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp five spice powder
- 1 tsp dried chilis
- Several cloves of garlic
- Several shallots
- Several pieces of ginger
- 2 tbsp doubanjang
- 2 tbsp tianmianjang
- Sauce
- 3 tbsp light soy sauce
- 3 tbsp dark soy sauce
- 1 tbsp oyster sauce
- 1 tbsp Chinese rice wine
Instructions
- Get rice cooking. Prepare aromatics and sauce components.
- Fry chicken, working in in batches.
- Fry aromatics in remaining oil.
- Return chicken to wok, add sauce components.
- Braise on gentle heat until flavours combine.
- Serve with cilantro and sesame oil for garnish.