Fiery Pepper Chicken

Name: Fiery Pepper Chicken
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 227 grams boneless chicken, cut into 1/2 inch cubes; 59 milliliters cornstarch, or as needed; 473 milliliters dried chilies, chopped; 1 Tbsp minced fresh ginger root; 4 cloves garlic, minced; 2 green onions, julienned; 2 long, green chilies - cut into 1/2-inch pieces; 710 milliliters peanut oil for frying; 2 Tbsps Szechuan peppercorns; 1 teaspoons salt; 2 teaspoons soy sauce; 1 teaspoons white sugar; 2 teaspoons Chinese cooking wine

Fiery Pepper Chicken requires around 35 minutes from start to finish. Watching your figure? This dairy free recipe has 330 calories, 12g of protein, and 25g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 10% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 4. Head to the store and pick up cooking wine, green onions, soy sauce, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the fresh ginger root you could follow this main course with the Flourless almond ginger cookies as a dessert. It works well as a main course.

Instructions

Stir together 1 teaspoon cooking wine and 1/2 teaspoon salt in a bowl; add the chicken and stir to coat. Allow to marinate 2 to 3 minutes.

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Whole Chicken

Salt

Wine

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Bowl

Place the marinated chicken in a large, sealable plastic bag with the cornstarch and shake to coat.

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Corn Starch

Whole Chicken

Shake

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Ziploc Bags

Heat the peanut oil in a wok or large skillet over high heat. Fry the chicken in the oil until it begins to crisp around the edges, 7 to 10 minutes.

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Peanut Oil

Whole Chicken

Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Wok

Remove the chicken to a paper towel-lined plate to drain. Reserve 2 tablespoons of the oil, discarding the rest.

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Whole Chicken

Cooking Oil

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Paper Towels

Reheat the reserved oil in the wok over medium-high heat; cook and stir the garlic, ginger, and green onions in the oil until fragrant, about 1 minute.

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Green Onions

Garlic

Ginger

Cooking Oil

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Wok

Add the green chilies, crushed dried chilies, and Szechuan peppercorns; continue frying about 20 seconds more. Return the chicken to the wok; stir in the soy sauce, 2 teaspoons cooking wine, sugar, and 1/2 teaspoon salt until thoroughly combined.

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Dried Chili Pepper