crispy chicken with chilli sauce
Crispy Chicken with Chili Sauce
by Liv
October 28, 2010

Crispy Chicken with Chili Sauce

Oct 28, 2010 | Chinese Food, Recipes, Taiwanese Food | 18 comments

crispy chicken with chili sauce

Crispy chicken with chili sauce, known in Chinese as ๆค’้บป้›ž is a dish that my grandpa cooked for me often when I was young. I always helped grandpa to grind the Sichuan peppers for this dish with a mortar and pestle. This dish always brings back my earliest kitchen memories. Grandpa used to pan fry the Sichuan peppers first and then give to me to grind. He always told me this method of preparing Sichuan peppers will make the flavour of the pepper stronger and taste much better.

Even now, mortars and pestles still play a very important part in my cooking. Itโ€™s a versatile tool and is much cheaper than a hand grinder. You can buy it in a lot of shop.

As you can imagine with the Sichuan peppers, this dish tastes a little bit spicy. You can adjust the percentage of Sichuan peppers and chilis if you canโ€™t eat food thatโ€™s too spicy. Here is my little suggestion before you start grinding the Sichuan pepper. Heat up a frying pan or wok without oil and stir-fry the Sichuan pepper at the lowest heat first. Once you start to smell the fragrance then turn off the gas and start grinding it. Donโ€™t burn the Sichuan pepper or the sauce will taste bitter and damage the whole dish.

People boil the chicken for this dish in real Sichuan cuisine but grandpa knew I loved fried chicken (You know, kids love fried chicken. Iโ€™m not exceptional lol) so he always fried the chicken for me. This dish works both ways, but I chose fried chicken today because my husband loves it too.

Credits:ย  Photos were taken by Chris at: http://www.chrisradleyphotography.com

 

Crispy Chicken with Chili Sauce

Course Main Dish
Prep Time 40 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Servings 3 people

Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 2 chicken legs de-bone them
  • 2 spring onions chop finely
  • 1 fresh chili remove seeds then chop finely
  • 2 cloves garlic grate finely
  • 1-2 fresh coriander bunches including leaves and stalk. Chop finely
  • 2 tbsp sweet potato starch or potato starch and 2 tbsp flour. Your choice

Seasonings and ingredients for chicken marinade

  • 1 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp rice wine
  • 1/4 tsp pepper powder
  • 1 spring onion chop finely
  • 2 thin slices ginger chop finely
  • 1/2 tsp sugar

Seasonings for chili sauce

  • 2 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1/2 tsp Sichuan pepper powder
  • 1/2 tsp chili powder
  • 2 tbsp sugar
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 tbsp rice vinegar add 1/4 tsp more sugar if you use white wine vinegar
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tbsp sesame oil
  • 1 tbsp water

Instructions

  1. De-bone chicken leg and marinade with the seasonings and ingredients for 30 minutes.
  2. Mix all the seasonings for spicy sauce with spring onion, chilli, garlic, coriander. Mix them evenly and leave for at least 15 minutes.
  3. Coat the chicken with sweet potato powder. Heat up a wok with 2~3 cups of oil. The oil temperature should be around 150โ„ƒ and deep fry the chicken at a low heat for 5 minutes. Take out the chicken and heat up the oil again with full gas power. Deep fry the chicken until itโ€™s crispy with a slightly golden colour.
  4. Place the chicken on a plate and pour the dressing on the top to serve.

 

By Liv

Illustrator by day, home chef at night. I worked as a professional chef for many years but now I draw for a living. I now cook just for the love of cooking. The recipes on this website are all influenced by things I have eaten in different locations around the world.

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18 Comments

  1. eatgreek.net

    yummy! it looks simple, quick and tasty! ๐Ÿ˜€

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    • admin

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  2. Jennifer

    I can hardly wait to make this! I love every single ingredient in this recipe, and the picture is fantastic.

    Reply
    • admin

      Hi Jennifer,
      Many thanks for the kind comment. I hope you will give it a go in the future. It’s a really tasty dish and very quick to make as well.

      Reply
  3. Yin

    Drooling by just looking at it. Too bad, I’ve a 6 yrs old at home so I have to omit the chili sauce if I do that then it won’t be authentic sichuan dish.
    I just voted you. Good luck

    Reply
    • admin

      Hi Yin,
      Thank you for the comment. ๐Ÿ˜€

      Reply
  4. Medifast Coupon

    Nice sounding recipe, looks really good, nice colors. My kitchen would be lost without the pestle, it has a permanent place on my counter for daily use.

    Reply
  5. Shirley

    Yum, I think frying would have been my choice too! This sounds so good.

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