Chilli Chicken - Chinese Style
Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins
Preparation Time: 40 mins
Cook Time: 30 mins
Ingredients
- Servings: 2
- 4 chicken breasts, chopped into one inch bits
- 4 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon vinegar
- 1 teaspoon soya sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 6 small green chilies, slit length ways
- 4 cloves garlic, chopped fine
- 1 green pepper, deseeded and roughly chopped into one inch pieces
- 1 shallot, diagonally sliced into one inch pieces
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 teaspoon soya sauce
- 1 teaspoon vinegar
- 1 pinch msg (optional)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- oil, for deep frying chicken
Recipe
- 1 make a batter with the'marinade' ingredients.
- 2 put chicken pieces into it and mix well.
- 3 set aside for 1/2 hour.
- 4 heat oil, about 2 inches deep, in a wok/frypan.
- 5 fry chicken pieces, in batches of 6-8 pieces, till cooked through (approx 7-8 mins for each batch).
- 6 drain fried chicken on a paper towel.
- 7 when all the chicken pieces are fried, remove oil from the pan, letting about 2 tablespoons remain in it.
- 8 in a small bowl mix together cornstarch and water.
- 9 put back the wok on fire and heat the 2 tblsps of oil.
- 10 add green chillies, garlic, green pepper and shallot and stir fry for 30 secsonds.
- 11 pour in soya sauce and vinegar; give it two three quick whisks and immediately add the cornstarch-water mixture.
- 12 the sauce will thicken; if you find it too thick, add some more water.
- 13 when the bubbles appear, add the fried chicken pieces.
- 14 add salt and a pinch of msg (if using).
- 15 stir fry chicken for 2 minutes and remove from fire.
- 16 serve hot with chinese fried rice/plain rice or noodles.
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