Spicy Chicken
Chicken thigh is cut into pieces, fried until golden, then stir-fried with chili and seasonings for a spicy flavor and rich red color.
Ingredients
Chicken leg (washed and chopped into pieces)
500 g
Ginger (sliced)
to taste
Garlic (sliced)
to taste
Chili pepper (diagonally sliced into rings)
to taste
Cilantro (washed and set aside)
to taste
Cooking oil (for deep-frying)
actually used 30 g
Sesame oil
1 tbsp
Oyster sauce
1 tbsp
Cooking wine
1 tbsp
Doubanjiang (spicy broad bean paste)
1 tbsp
Rock sugar
to taste
Instructions
1
Prepare ingredients
Wash the chicken legs and chop them into pieces. Slice the ginger and garlic. Diagonally slice the chili peppers into rings. Wash the cilantro and set aside.
2
Fry the chicken pieces
Place the chicken pieces into a wok of hot oil. First fry over low heat for about 5 minutes, then increase to high heat and fry for about 3 minutes, until the surface turns golden brown. Remove and drain the oil.
3
Stir-fry and season
Leave a small amount of oil in the wok and sauté the ginger slices, garlic slices, and chili peppers until fragrant. Add the fried chicken pieces and stir-fry, then add the sesame oil, oyster sauce, cooking wine, doubanjiang, and rock sugar. Simmer over low heat until the sauce becomes thick. Finally add the cilantro, quickly stir-fry until evenly combined, and serve.
