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Szechuan Fresh Pepper Chicken

Szechuan style fresh chili pepper chicken

Ingredients

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3 chicken legs ( , bone removed and cut into small cubes (or you can use 2 boneless chicken breast ))
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 tablespoon Chinese cooking wine
pinch of salt
5-6 fresh long chili ( , choose hotter ones; cut into small circles)
10-15 dried Szechuan pepper ( , or as needed)
1 cup oil for frying chicken
1 tablespoon light soy sauce
1/8 teaspoon sugar

1
Cut chicken leg meat or beast into small cubes, marinating with salt, Chinese cooking oil and cornstarch.
2
Heat a large amount of oil in wok and slide the chicken meat in. Quickly fry for half minutes until the chicken meat turns white. Then you will get the tenderest chicken in the world. Then transfer chicken meat along with oil immediately. You can save the extra oil for classic green vegetable stir fry.
3
Return around 2 tablespoons of cooking oil and fry the chili peppers until aroma, add 10-15 Szechuan peppers.
4
Add cooked chicken, 1/2 tablespoon of light soy sauce, sugar and then give a big stir fry to mix well.