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Spicy Diced Chicken

A classic Sichuan dish made by stir-frying tender chicken breast with pickled red chili peppers, resulting in smooth and tender meat.

23 min
Easy
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Spicy Diced Chicken

Ingredients

Tender chicken breast (cut into 1.5 cm cubes, scored in cross pattern) 250 g
Pickled red chili peppers (chopped) 20 g
Water chestnuts (peeled, cut into 1 cm cubes) 70 g
Vinegar 3 g
Sugar 2 g
Wet cornstarch (20 g for marinating, 5 g for sauce) 25 g
Cooking wine (5 g for marinating, 5 g for sauce) 10 g
Soy sauce (part for sauce) 10 g
Ginger slices 10 g
Garlic slices 10 g
MSG 1 g
Broth 35 g
Scallion (cut into 1 cm pieces) 15 g
Sesame oil 5 g
Salt 5 g
Lard 100 g

Instructions

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Step 1

Score the chicken breast into a 0.3 cm cross-hatch pattern, then cut into 1.5 cm cubes. Place in a bowl, add 20 g wet cornstarch, salt, and 5 g cooking wine, and mix well. Combine soy sauce, 5 g cooking wine, sugar, vinegar, broth, 5 g wet cornstarch, and MSG to make the sauce.

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Step 2

Peel the water chestnuts and cut into 1 cm cubes. Cut the scallion into 1 cm pieces. Finely chop the pickled red chili peppers.

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Step 3

Heat the lard to 60% hot, add the chicken cubes and stir-fry to separate, then...