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Chicken with Chili Bean Sauce

Schezwan Chicken with chili bean sauce
Ratings 4.6 from 5 votes
Cooking Method
Cuisine
Difficulty Beginner
Time
Prep Time: 10 min Cook Time: 10 min Total Time: 20 mins
Servings 1
Description

A super hot and delicious, quick, wok style Chinese Schezwan chicken dish that is perfect for weeknight dinners.

Ingredients
    For Chicken marinade
  • 300 grams chicken
  • 2 teaspoons Shaoxing aka Chinese cooking wine
  • 2 teaspoons corn starch
    • For stir fry sauce mix:
  • 11/2 teaspoons dark soy sauce
  • 1 teaspoon light soy sauce
  • 1/2 teaspoon sugar
  • 1 teaspoon cooking wine
    • Other:
  • 1 tablespoon chili bean sauce
  • 1 tablespoon ginger chopped
  • 1 tablespoon garlic chopped
  • 1/2 cup red pepper sliced (any mild variety)
  • 1/2 cup snow peas (about 40 g)
  • 1 1/2 tablespoon oil
Instructions
  1. Marinade chicken and make the sauce mix in separate bowls.
  2. Heat oil in a wok until smoking. Then add the chicken. Spread around and leave it for some time until they get golden on one side. Mix and cook until they are about 90% done. Remove chicken from the wok to a plate.
  3. Now add chopped ginger and garlic. Stir for few seconds and then add sliced peppers and snow peas. When they get some charred spots, add chili bean sauce. Mix and fry for few seconds. Add more oil if needed.
  4. Put the chicken pieces back in. Mix well. Add the stirfry sauce mix. Combine well together. Fry for about a minute, stirring continuously until chicken pieces cooked thoroughly.
  5. Remove to a serving plate. Serve with warm rice.
Keywords: chicken, chili bean sauce, Chinese, chinese chicken, spicy, stir fry, stir-fry, wok, quick, chicken with chili bean
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