Salt and Pepper Chicken | Chinese Family Recipe
Want to have a Chinese easy takeaway recipe for you and your family? This Chinese salt and pepper chicken dish is healthy and easy to make. This recipe is made with breast pieces, mixed chillies, and onions with a punch of spices.
Ingredients
- 600 g chicken breast, sliced
- ½ tbsp Chinese five-spice
- ½ tbsp salt
- 1¼ tbsp ground black pepper
- 1 cup cornflour
- 2 cups vegetable oil, for frying
- 1 cup mixed (red and green) chillies, chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, chopped
- 4 pcs spring onions, sliced
- 1 pc small onion, chopped
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp white pepper
- 1 tsp Chinese five-spice
Directions
- 1
Dice chicken breasts into even pieces and add salt, Chinese five-spice, and black pepper in a bowl. Toss to coat the breasts thoroughly.
- 2
Then, toss the breast pieces in the cornflour, and be sure to coat them properly.
- 3
Take a skillet or pan and take one cup of oil for frying. Set the temperature on medium heat and wait until the oil is properly heated. Add the coated meat to the pan one piece at a time to ensure the oil does not boil over.
- 4
Fry for 5 to 7 minutes and stir the salt and pepper chicken to get brown on every side. You may need to cook them in 2 batches.
- 5
After frying them properly, take them out from the pan and place them in a paper towel or kitchen roll to soak up the excess oil.
- 6
Place a wok at a high temperature and add 2 tbsp. vegetable oil, garlic, chopped onions, and fry them until they are light brown. Add mixed chillies, spring onions, and stir them to fry for a minute. Then add a pinch of salt, black pepper, and Chinese five-spice and stir to coat the vegetables.
- 7
Then add fried chickens to the vegetables, stir to coat the meat with the vegetable mix, and cook for another one minute or until they are properly mixed.
- 8
Take the salt and pepper chicken out from heat and serve immediately. Enjoy!