Name: Gunpowder chicken with dried red chillies & peanuts
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: Serves 6-8 as part of a buffet
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 12 boneless, skinless chicken thighs (about 900g), cut into pieces; 1 tbsp dark soy sauce; 2 tbsp vegetable oil; 15 whole dried bird's-eye chillies; 1 tsp Sichuan peppercorn ground; bunch spring onions cut into 2.5cm pieces; 50g whole roasted peanut; 5 tbsp dark soy sauce; 2 tbsp Shaohsing rice wine; 4 tbsp Chinese black vinegar; 4 tbsp chicken stock; 1 tbsp caster sugar; 1 tbsp cornflour mixed into 1 tbsp water

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Gunpowder chicken with dried red chillies & peanuts

Gunpowder chicken with dried red chillies & peanuts

Jennifer Joyce

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Serves 6-8 as part of a buffet

Easy

Prep: 15 mins

Cook: 10 mins

Plus marinating

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This classic dish from the Chinese province of Sichuan isn't as spicy if you remove the chilli seeds - complete with a sticky, sweet and rich sauce

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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12 boneless, skinless chicken thighs

(about 900g), cut into pieces
1 tbsp dark soy sauce
2 tbsp vegetable oil
15 whole dried bird's-eye chillies
1 tsp Sichuan peppercorn

ground
bunch spring onions

cut into 2.5cm pieces
50g whole roasted peanut

For the sauce

5 tbsp dark soy sauce
2 tbsp Shaohsing rice wine
4 tbsp Chinese black vinegar
4 tbsp chicken stock
1 tbsp caster sugar
1 tbsp cornflour

mixed into 1 tbsp water

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Nutrition: per serving (8)

kcal306
fat17g
saturates4g
carbs9g
sugars4g
fibre1g
protein29g
salt2.7g

Method

step 1

Marinate the chicken with the soy and leave to sit for 1 hr. If you don’t have time to marinate, don’t worry – but it does add extra flavour. Mix the sauce ingredients in a small bowl and set aside.
step 2

Using a wok and a small amount of the oil, sear the chicken in batches. When it’s all browned, remove from the pan and set aside. Snip the stems from the chillies and shake out the seeds. Add the remaining oil and cook the chillies for 1 min, shaking the pan constantly to prevent them burning. Add the chicken back in with the peppercorns, spring onions and peanuts, then stir-fry for 1 min more. Add the sauce and stir for a few mins more until thickened.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, February 2013

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