Stir-fried chicken is a traditional Han Chinese delicacy. The key to this dish lies in marinating the chicken beforehand, adding an appropriate amount of salt, vinegar, Sichuan pepper, fennel, chili peppers, cooking wine, and more. The more seasonings you use, the better the taste.
Homestyle Stir-Fried Chicken Recipe
1. Prepare the chicken pieces, clean them thoroughly and remove excess fat.
2. Pour the cleaned chicken pieces into a large bowl.
3. Prepare an adequate amount of scallions and ginger.
4. Place the chopped scallions and ginger into the bowl with the chicken. Add an appropriate amount of Sichuan pepper, fennel, chili peppers, salt, and cooking wine for marination.
5. After twenty minutes, heat up a generous amount of oil in a wok once the chicken has been marinated.
6. Transfer the marinated chicken into the wok.
7. Continuously stir-fry the chicken pieces in the wok as evenly as possible.
8. Add a little water to the wok as needed.
9. Once the chicken is cooked through, transfer it to a serving bowl for consumption.
Banana-Under-Guest's Stir-Fried Chicken Recipe
Main Ingredients: Chicken thighs (2) Supporting Ingredients: Scallion (1 section) Ginger (2 pieces) Garlic cloves (4) Salt (1.5 tablespoons) Monosodium glutamate (1 tablespoon) Peanut oil (5 tablespoons) Carrot (1 section) Flavoring (2 tablespoons) Soy sauce (2 tablespoons)
Banana-Under-Guest's Stir-Fried Chicken Recipe:
1. Thaw the chicken thighs.
2. Tear the chicken meat into small pieces following the direction of the muscle fibers; cut through areas that are difficult to tear.
3. Bring water to a boil in a pot, then blanch the torn chicken pieces in the boiling water.
4. Rinse the blanched chicken pieces clean.
5. In another pot, simmer the rinsed chicken pieces over low heat for ten minutes.
6. Remove the cooked chicken pieces and set aside.
7. Slice the carrot, cut the scallion into sections, flatten the garlic cloves, and slice the ginger.
8. Heat the pot with cold oil; when the oil is hot, add the garlic and ginger to release their fragrance. Add soy sauce and flavoring.
9. Add the blanched chicken pieces and stir-fry over high heat until they are well-colored.
10. Add the carrot slices and scallion sections and continue stir-frying.
11. Season with salt and monosodium glutamate before serving.
Tips:
Tearing the chicken along the grain improves the texture. When stir-frying the chicken, try to cook it longer to dry out the moisture for a more fragrant result. If you like spicy food, you can stir-fry it with green and red bell peppers for a better taste. I didn't add chili peppers because my child doesn't eat spicy food.