Hot and Sour Chicken Cubes

Name: Hot and Sour Chicken Cubes
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 250 g Chicken thigh meat (boneless, scored and diced); 50 g Bell pepper (cut into chunks); 2 g Dried chili; 2 g Salt; 3 g Soy sauce; 4 g Vinegar; 2 g MSG (monosodium glutamate); 3 g Cooking wine; 10 g Cornstarch (for coating); 20 g Egg white; 80 g Cooking oil (for stir-frying chicken); a pinch Sesame oil (used before plating)

Hunan-style hot and sour diced chicken features tender, silky chicken thigh in a well-balanced hot and sour sauce.

20 min

Easy

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Ingredients

Chicken thigh meat (boneless, scored and diced) 250 g

Bell pepper (cut into chunks) 50 g

Dried chili 2 g

Salt 2 g

Soy sauce 3 g

Vinegar 4 g

MSG (monosodium glutamate) 2 g

Cooking wine 3 g

Cornstarch (for coating) 10 g

Egg white 20 g

Cooking oil (for stir-frying chicken) 80 g

Sesame oil (used before plating) a pinch

Instructions

Coating and Searing Chicken

Score and dice the boneless chicken thigh meat, then coat it with egg white and cornstarch. Cut the bell pepper into chunks. Heat oil in a wok, add the chicken cubes and stir to separate them, then remove and drain the oil.

Stir-frying and Plating

Leave a thin layer of oil in the wok, add dried chilies and stir-fry until fragrant, then add the chicken cubes and seasonings and stir-fry together. Drizzle in a cornstarch slurry, finishing oil, and sesame oil before plating.