Description
A traditional Szechuan-style chicken poached with spicy chili oil sauce for ultra tender meat. Get the recipe.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 chicken around 2 lb (900 g)
- 4 ginger slices
- 2 green onions
- 1 tbsp cooking wine
- Peanuts, toasted and crushed
- White sesame seeds, toasted
Chili oil
- 2 slices of ginger
- 2 star anise
- 1 tsp cumin
- 4-6 dried chili pepper
- 2 bay leaves
- Several Sichuan peppercorns
- 2 tbsp chili powder
- 1 and 1/2 tsp Sichuan peppercorn (or powder)
- 1 and 1/2 tsp Chinese five spice powder
- 1 tbsp sesame seeds
Other ingredients for the Sauce
- 4-6 tbsp Szechuan style chili oil
- 2 tbsp black vinegar
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 2 tbsp cooking wine
- 1/2 tsp sugar
- pinch of salt
- 1 tbsp light soy sauce
- 2 garlic cloves, smashed
- 1/2 tbsp minced green onion
- Minced coriander
Instructions
- In a small bowl, mix chili powder, Sichuan peppercorn, five spice powder and sesame seeds.
- In a pan, add bay leaves, ginger slices, star anise, Sichuan peppercorn and dry red peppers, pour in around 1 cup of oil and heat until really hot. Discard all the spices and leave the oil only.
- Pour the hot oil directly to the powder mixture in the small bowl. You will smell the strong aroma during the process. Set the Szechuan combined chili oil aside.
Prepare the chicken
- Clean the chicken and remove feet and head. In a large pot, add chicken, green onion and 3-4 slices of ginger and cooking wine. Then pour enough water to cover the chicken. Bring the content to a boiling with medium fire and continue cooking for around 8 minutes (see note 1 for the adjusting of the time needed). Turn off the fire, cover the lid and let the chicken stay for around 20 minutes.
- In a large bowl, prepare enough iced water. Transfer the chicken out and soak it with iced water. Turn over several times during the process until the chicken is completely cooled down. Cut into chunks and lay in the serving bowl.
- Mix around 4 to 6 tbsp of chili oil with other ingredients to prepare the sauce.
- Toast peanuts and white sesame in pan until aroma and then crush with a rolling pin or crusher.
- Pour the sauce over the chicken, garnish with toasted peanuts and white sesame seeds and enjoy!
Notes
- For larger chicken, lengthen the poach time but no longer than 15 minutes.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Cuisine: Chinese
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 420