Szechuan pepper chicken with tomato chilli jam

Szechuan pepper chicken with tomato chilli jam

Everyone loves finger food on a stick. These dinky chicken bites are sure to disappear in seconds

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 25

Preparation and cooking times

Cook time

Cook 50 mins

Ready in 50 mins

Method

  1. For the jam, process the tomatoes, chilli, garlic, raisins and ginger to a purée. Pour into a pan, add the sugar, fish sauce and vinegar. Simmer for 30 minutes until thick. Cool.
  2. Cut the chicken into 3-4cm pieces. Grind the Szechuan pepper and salt coarsely - you can do it in a pepper mill. Add to the chicken with the sesame oil and mix.
  3. Heat a non-stick pan with a little sesame oil until very hot. Sear the chicken on all sides until cooked through.
  4. Push a skewer into each piece. Serve with chilli jam.
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Per serving

63 kcalories, protein 4.3g, carbohydrate 7.4g, fat 2.0 g, saturated fat 0.3g, fibre 0.1g, salt 0.25 g

Recipe from olive magazine, December 2006.

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  • 26 December 2011

    SirCrouton rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    5 stars, if just for the jam

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  • 31 December 2011

    Aileen rated and commented on this recipe

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    Excellent easy and tasty starter.

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  • 31 January 2012

    Bianca rated and commented on this recipe

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    Does anyone know how long it keeps? I would like to triple the portion but want to make sure it lasts long enough.

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  • 10 March 2012

    Hellie67 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Easy to make, and guests really enjoyed. Will definitely make again

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  • 14 April 2012

    ariane commented on this recipe

    What do they mean by "fish sauce". Oyster sauce? Or white sauce you pour over fish? Or...something entirely different.

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  • 14 April 2012

    johnboy commented on this recipe

    Done these yesterday for a dinner party, used the thai 7 spice and also done it with prawns. everyone loved it and of course as people have commented before "its all about the jam" ended up trying to find anything we could (carrot sticks, celery, pitta ) to dunk in the jam at the end of the night lol. doubled the quantity but wish i made even more

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    15 August 2012

    Red rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I love that jam..

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  • 22 November 2012

    Marcelo rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    The picture shows there are some dried green spices sprinkled on chicken. Could you, please, tell me what it is?

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  • 21 January 2013

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  • 04 February 2013

    Bowdenei commented on this recipe

    I made this before but found the Sichuan pepper to have too many hard pieces in it, when its ground in its dispenser. So having just returned from Sichuan on a trip I brought ground Sichuan pepper back with me and can't wait to try it with that instead. Will get back with the results

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  • 10 March 2013

    Tracey rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    The chilli jam was amazing! We had loads left over, it was particularly good with chunks of cheddar cheese.

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  • 06 April 2013

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 25

Preparation and cooking times

Cook time

Cook 50 mins

Ready in 50 mins

Ingredients

  • 3 boneless and skinless chicken breasts
  • 1 tsp Szechuan peppers
  • ½ tsp sea salt
  • 2 tbsp sesame oil , plus a little extra for frying

Tomato chilli jam

  • 250g ripe tomatoes , roughly chopped
  • 2 thumb-sized red chillies , seeded and roughly chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves , peeled
  • 30g raisins
  • 2cm piece ginger , peeled and roughly chopped
  • 150g soft brown sugar
  • 1 tbsp fish sauce
  • 50ml red wine vinegar
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Per serving

63 kcalories, protein 4.3g, carbohydrate 7.4g, fat 2.0 g, saturated fat 0.3g, fibre 0.1g, salt 0.25 g

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