Fried Szechuan Chicken

14 ingredients
9 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 whole chicken, cut into pieces (about 3 lbs)
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon sesame oil
  • 1 teaspoon five-spice powder
  • 1 12 cups water
  • 1 tablespoon cornstarch
  • 1 tablespoon light soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon Chinese wine or 1 tablespoon sherry wine
  • 12 teaspoon black pepper
  • 5 tablespoons oil
  • 10 dried red chilies
  • 3 garlic cloves, crushed
  • 2 tablespoons green ginger, shredded
  • 1 scallion, chopped

Directions

  1. 1
    Marinate chicken with salt, five- spice powder and sesame oil, set aside.
  2. 2
    Mix water, light soy sauce, wine and pepper in a separate bowl.
  3. 3
    Dissolve cornstarch and 2 tablespoons.
  4. 4
    water in a small bowl.
  5. 5
    Heat oil until very hot and fry chicken pieces until brown.
  6. 6
    Remove chicken and fry dried chilies, garlic and ginger for 2 minutes.
  7. 7
    Add scallions, water, wine and soya mixture.
  8. 8
    Bring to a boil, add corn starch mixture and allow to thicken.
  9. 9
    Pour sauce over chicken and serve over hot rice.

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