Chongqing

Chongqing chilli chicken

Name: Chongqing chilli chicken
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 500 g boneless thigh 2 cm pieces chicken, boneless; 1 tbsp soy sauce; 1 tbsp minced ginger; 3 cloves sliced garlic; 1/2 tsp salt; 2 tbsp cornflour (cornstarch); Cooking oil (vegetable oil), for frying (about 4 tbsp absorbed); 2 cups snipped in halves dried red chilli; 1 tbsp sichuan peppercorn; 1/2 tsp sugar; 2 tsp toasted sesame seeds; 2 stalks sliced spring onion (green onion, scallion)

A treasure hunt where the treasure is crisp chicken and the map is made of chillies.

40 minTime

40 gProtein each

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Grandma's wayTwice fried chicken in a mountain of dried chillies and Sichuan pepper.

The original

464kcalsame

40 gproteinsame

4 gfibresame

40minutessame

La zi ji, the Chongqing original.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Chicken, boneless500 g boneless thigh, 2 cm pieces

Soy sauce1 tbsp

Ginger1 tbsp, minced

Garlic3 cloves, sliced

Salt½ tsp

Cornflour (cornstarch)2 tbsp

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)for frying (about 4 tbsp absorbed)

Dried red chilli2 cups, snipped in halves

Sichuan peppercorn1 tbsp

Sugar½ tsp

Sesame seeds2 tsp, toasted

Spring onion (green onion, scallion)2 stalks, sliced

Method

4 steps

1Toss chicken with soy, ginger, salt and cornflour. Rest 15 minutes.
2Deep or shallow fry the chicken in batches until golden. Rest, then fry again until deep brown and crisp. Cook until no pink remains.
3Pour off all but 3 tbsp oil. On low heat, fry the garlic, chillies and Sichuan pepper.
4Return the chicken, add sugar, toss on high heat. Finish with sesame and spring onion.

Serve it like this

Serve in a wide bowl as a heap of chillies with chicken hiding inside, chopsticks ready. Keep a bowl for the chillies you fish out.

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Chongqing chilli chicken

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