Dish: Szechuan Chicken

By Jefferey Konecny


Szechuan Chicken

Dear Recipe Goldmine Chinese Meals Fans,

There are lots of variations of this recipe. Here is among the much better ones I sometimes make. Please note that this can be not kung pao chicken which normally makes use of Szechuan peppercorns along with the chicken is stir-fried as opposed to fried. Also, not all Szechuan chicken dishes utilized fried chicken. Hope you get pleasure from this.

Regards,

Cookin' Dad

1 whole boneless chicken breast 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder 2 teaspoons cornstarch 1 egg white three tablespoons water

Sauce 2 tablespoons vegetable oil (to fry garlic, dried Szechuan peppers and ginger) three tablespoons oyster sauce three tablespoons light (colour) soy sauce* three tablespoons LOW SODIUM regular soy sauce 1/2 cup LOW SODIUM chicken broth 1 tablespoon dry white wine or sherry 6 to 12, or a lot more, dried Szechuan peppers, depending on how hot you like your food* 2 garlic cloves, minced 1/4 teaspoon ginger, minced 3 tablespoons minced green onions (green part only) 1/4 cup dry roasted peanuts (approximation, optional) 1 tablespoon sesame oil 2 teaspoons cornstarch mixed with equal quantity of water (used to thicken sauce) 1 1/2 tablespoons sizzling hot oil (utilized to offer sauce clear, glossy look)

* Substitute with typical if light not available

**I use six simply because my 5 year old daughter has low heat tolerance (smile).

Batter 1 1/2 cups cornstarch 1 whole egg, plus one egg yolk 1 cup water

A minimum of five hours prior to you cook this dish, cut your complete chicken breast CROSSWISE into thin slightly-thicker-than-domino strips. Sprinkle salt and garlic powder evenly more than chicken strips. Next, add water followed by cornstarch. Gently massage chicken strips for 2-3 minutes until chicken strips are covered with extremely thin white film. Add egg white and mix in with fingers for a single minute or so. Set in fridge. Egg white and cornstarch in addition to water will make meat very tender.

Once you are prepared to begin cooking, mix collectively soy sauces, oyster sauce and chicken broth. You might must add about 1/4 cup water, or possibly a tiny a lot more, depending on how how salty your soy sauces are. Be sure to TASTE FOR SALTINESS.

Heat about 3 to 4 inches of vegetable oil or shortening to 350 to 360 degrees F.

Beat water, egg yolk and complete egg. Get rid of your chicken strips from fridge. Spot chicken in egg wash. Once you have completed this, coat chicken strips with cornstarch. Set aside for any couple of minutes to enable breading to dry (important step in ensuring cornstarch adheres to meat for the duration of frying cycle).

Drop chicken strips into hot oil and fry for about 2 minutes. Usually do not fry considerably longer than this or meat will be dry. Eliminate chicken from oil and set on paper towel-covered plate. Next, heat two tablespoon oil until hot. Throw in garlic, ginger and dried peppers. Cook for about 30 seconds, by which point you will really feel the garlic and dried pepper aroma assaulting your nostrils (smile). Add soy sauce mixture, followed by wine. Stir, allow to simmer for a minute or so before adding cornstarch mixed with water and reducing heat. Sauce will start off to thicken relatively speedily, during which point it is possible to add the sizzling hot oil used to fry chicken.

The final methods involve speedily returning chicken back to wok and mixing it with sauce. Next, add minced green onion and stir quickly prior to adding peanuts (optional). Drizzle sesame oil more than sauce, swiftly stir and take away mixture from wok.

Serve over white rice.




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