Hot and Spicy Diced Chicken

Name: Hot and Spicy Diced Chicken
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 8 min
Total time: 18 min
Ingredients: 250 g Boneless chicken thigh meat (cross-scored then diced); 50 g Bell pepper (cut into chunks); 2 g Dried red chili peppers; 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 (for coating); 80 g Cooking oil (for stir-frying chicken); a pinch Sesame oil (drizzled before serving)

Hunan Sour and Spicy Diced Chicken

Tender chicken thigh meat gives this dish a fresh, savory, mellow aroma, with a perfectly balanced, appetizing sour and spicy flavor.

18 min

Easy

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Ingredients

Boneless chicken thigh meat (cross-scored then diced) 250 g

Bell pepper (cut into chunks) 50 g

Dried red chili peppers 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 (for coating) 20 g

Cooking oil (for stir-frying chicken) 80 g

Sesame oil (drizzled before serving) a pinch

Instructions

Step 1

Debone the chicken thigh meat, cross-score, then dice it. Mix with cornstarch and egg white to coat. Cut the bell pepper into chunks. Heat oil in a wok until hot, add the diced chicken and stir-fry briefly to separate the pieces, then remove and drain off the oil.

Step 2

Leave a little oil in the wok, add the dried red chili peppers and stir-fry until fragrant. Return the chicken to the wok along with the seasonings and toss quickly to combine. Finish by drizzling in a cornstarch-water slurry, clear oil, and sesame oil, then serve.