Szechuan Chicken: How to Make with Tips.

What is Szechuan Chicken?

• This is one of the most popular classic Chinese dishes from Sichuan province.
• It is a stir-fried dish, which consists of marinated then deep-fried pieces of chicken.
• Then, tossed with dried Sichuan chili peppers, Sichuan peppercorns, garlic, and ginger.

What Does It Taste Like?

• It’s powerfully spicy with both conventional “heat” spiciness and the characteristic málà (numbing spiciness) flavor of Sichuan cuisine.
• It has a strong spicy taste, salty and mellow, and slightly sweet.

Szechuan Chicken Recipe.

1. Marinade chicken- Prepare a medium bowl, add the chicken and marinade ingredients, mix well and set aside for 20 minutes.
2. Fry Chicken – Heat oil in skillet on medium high to high heat.
3. Fry chicken pieces in hot oil 10 minutes, or until golden. Remove chicken, and drain on paper towels. Set aside.
   (Instead of fry chicken, you can stir fry the chicken to reduce calories)
4. Sauté the aromatics- To the same skillet add 2 tablespoons of canola oil, along with the ginger and garlic slices.
   *Let the ginger and garlic infuse the oil for about 20 seconds.
   *Add dried chili and peppercorns, stir fried until fragrant.
5. Return the chicken and seasonings- add the chicken, the soy sauce, oyster sauce and sugar to the pan, stir fried until sauce is just thickened.
6. Sparking scallions- stir fry for 30 seconds. Serve immediately.

To have a tender and juicy chicken stir fry like in a Chinese restaurant. “How To Velvet Chicken For Stir Fry?” shows you the right way to make it velvety (tender).

https://youtube.com/watch?v=6mKaWA4h4NM

Hunan Chicken vs Szechuan Chicken.

• The difference between Hunan and Szechuan cuisine is Hunan cuisine gets its spice from fresh chilies or chili paste. While Szechuan cuisine gets its spice from dry chilies and Sichuan peppercorns.
• Both Hunan and Szechuan cuisine is spicy.
• Szechuan cuisine has a good mixture of sweet and spicy flavors whereas Hunan chicken is plainer and hotter.
• Hunan cuisine is a stir-fry dish that chicken is coated in thick savory and spicy sauce.
• While Szechuan cuisine is fry chicken then tossed with dry chilies and Sichuan peppercorns.

What Are The Tips?

• You can control the amount of dried chili and Sichuan peppercorns freely.
• The dried chili will not be very spicy after removing the seeds.
• It is mainly for color enhancement and fragrance. If you like spicy food, add fresh chili.

What Do You Serve With?

CHOW MEIN

EGG FRIED RICE

BOK CHOY

BUBBLE TEA

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