Spicy Diced Chicken (Laziji)
Spicy Diced Chicken (辣子鸡丁)
- Debone chicken thighs.
- Cut deboned chicken thighs into small dice.
- Combine the chicken with cooking wine, light soy sauce, 1 tsp ground black pepper, 1 egg yolk, and 1 tbsp cornstarch. (I was lazy when developing this recipe and used chicken breast, which is less flavorful than thigh meat If you don’t want to debone thighs, pound chicken breast flat with a rolling pin or the back of a knife before dicing—it will turn out better that way)
- Mix thoroughly to coat, then marinate for 15 minutes.
- Heat oil in a wok, add the marinated chicken dice, fry until fully cooked, drain excess oil, and set aside.
- Prepare minced scallion, garlic cloves, segments, Sichuan peppercorns, and prickly ash…
Ingredients
chicken legs
3-5
scallions (chopped)
to taste
garlic cloves
to taste
Sichuan peppercorns
to taste
green Sichuan peppercorns (mala)
to taste
dried chili peppers
to taste
cooking wine
to taste
light soy sauce
to taste
egg yolk
1
white pepper
1 tbsp
cornstarch
1 tbsp
white sesame seeds
1 handful
doubanjiang (broad bean paste)
1 tbsp
Instructions
1
Step 1
Debone the chicken legs.
2
Step 2
Cut the deboned chicken legs 🍗 into small dice.
3
Step 3
Add cooking wine, light soy sauce, 1 tbsp white pepper, 1 egg yolk, and 1 tbsp cornstarch. (When I first created this recipe I was lazy and used chicken breast instead — proof that it's nowhere near as tasty as chicken leg 😅. If you're really too lazy to debone, use a rolling pin or the back of a knife to pound the chicken breast flat, then dice it — it should turn out better 😂)
4
Step 4
Mix well by hand and marinate for 15 minutes.
5
Step 5
Heat oil in a pan, add the marinated chicken dice, fry until cooked through, drain off the oil, and remove.
6
Step 6
Prepare minced scallions, garlic cloves, 🌶️ chili segments, Sichuan peppercorns, and green Sichuan peppercorns (mala) for later.
7
Step 7
Heat oil in a pan, add the aromatics prepared in step 6, and stir-fry until fragrant.
8
Step 8
Add 1 tbsp doubanjiang to the pan from step 7 and stir-fry a few times.
9
Step 9
Add the previously fried chicken dice (from step 5) into the pan, stir-fry, add 1 tbsp salt 🧂, 1 tbsp sugar, and a handful of white sesame seeds, stir-fry a few times, then plate and serve.
