Chinese Hunan Chicken –Donan chicken
savory Chinese Hunan chicken is much easier but the same yummy as many other famous Chicken recipes.

- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 25 min
- Yield
- 2 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- Half of a chicken ( , around 300 g)
- 2 fresh long green peppers
- 2 fresh long red peppers
- 2 garlic cloves ( , sliced)
- 1 inch root ginger ( , sliced)
- 1 spring onion ( , white part sliced and green part chopped)
- 1/2 tablespoon cornstarch
- 2 tablespoons water
- 3 dried chili pepper ( , cut into small sections or more as needed)
- 1 teaspoon whole Sichuan peppercorn ( , optional or as needed (If vegetables are added, reduce the amount please))
- 1 tablespoon vegetable cooking oil
- 2 teaspoons soy sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt or as needed ( , adjust according to your taste)
- 1 teaspoon rice vinegar
- 1 tablespoon cooking wine
- 1 cup of chicken broth
- Several drops of sesame oil
- Some roasted sesame seeds ( , for decoration)
Instructions
- 1
Wash the hen in running water and then rinse in boiling water for around 2 minutes.
- 2
Transfer the chicken out and then get some fresh and clean water in a pot (just cover the chicken); bring all the content to a boiling and continue cooking for 8 minutes (the chicken should be 80% cooked).
- 3
Transfer the chicken out, cool down and cut into small chunks. Cut fresh peppers into small pieces. Mix the cornstarch with water to make the water starch.
- 4
Heat up cooking oil in wok; add dried red pepper sections, Sichuan peppercorns whole seeds to stir-fry for around 1 minute. And then add garlic, ginger and white part of spring onion to stir-fry until aroma.
- 5
Add chicken chunks and pepper pieces in. Pour in cooking wine, vinegar, sugar and soy sauce. Mix well.
- 6
Add around 1 cup of chicken stock in wok and simmer the chicken for around 3 minutes.
- 7
Pour the water starch and several drops of sesame oil in. Mix well and garnish some chopped spring onion and roasted sesame seed before serving.
- 8
Serve hot please!