Szechwan Style Chicken Recipe
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Boneless chicken cooked with freshly made sauce.
- Total Cook Time 50 mins
- Prep Time 20 mins
- Cook Time 30 mins
- Recipe Servings4
- Easy
Ingredients of Szechwan Style Chicken
- 1/2 kg boneless chicken breasts
- 4 Tbsp corn flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp five spice powder
- 75 ml oil
- 15 dried red chillies
- 2 tsp finely chopped garlic
- 2 tsp finely chopped ginger
- 6 spring onions -cut into 1' lengths
- For the sauce:
- 100 ml chicken stock
- 2 tsp sugar
- 1 Tbsp soya sauce
- 1/2 tsp sesame oil
- 1 tsp vinegar
- 1 Tbsp Chinese wine/rum
- 1/4 tsp five spice powder
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- 2 tsp of corn flour - in one Tbsp stock/ water
How to Make Szechwan Style Chicken
1.
Coat chicken in corn flour, salt and five-spice powder. Brush off excess.
2.
Stir-fry the chicken until lightly coloured. Remove from pan. Pour off all but 3 Tbsp of oil.
3.
Add chillies, garlic and ginger. Cook for 30 seconds before adding onions and all the sauce ingredients.
4.
Bring to a boil, return chicken to pan, heat through and serve with steamed rice.