Chinese dry Chilli Chicken recipe

Mala Chicken usually refers to Sichuan chicken or Szechuan chicken is a short name of the dish Sichuan chicken with chili peppers (creating the spicy taste)and Sichuan peppercorns(creating the numb feeling ). In Chinese, we call the dish Laziji, which mainly mean chili chicken cubes. Some restaurants may call it Chongqing Chicken since it is thought to be quite popular in Geleshan in the city of Chongqing. Although it is not that famous, it is considered even better than Kung Pao chicken in the eye of many Szechuan people.

There is a lovely description of the dish saying that you need to find chicken among chili pepper, which show people’s love toward those savory chicken cubes and also how many chili peppers will be used in this authentic Szechuan Chicken recipe. That’s a fact in restaurant version. For home recipes, we may adjust the amount of the chili peppers so that we do not need to pay too many efforts in order to find the meat.

Something about the ingredient: chicken

The truth is that Chinese people do not like to eat chicken breast very much compared with wings and thighs. The meat on breast is not as tender as the sportive part. However, there are one famous dish is made with chicken breast that is Kung Pao Chicken.If the texture of the final dish is not so important, try with chicken thighs instead of chicken breast.

Tips about how to remove the bones of a chicken thigh:

Prepare a kitchen scissor, find the loose side of the chicken thigh, and cut it apart. Then cut all the other connections on the bottom of the chicken thigh. Hold the thigh with one hand and then push all the meat down. And then use scissor to cut the left meat on the bone.

Some tips for controlling the spicy taste:

If you cannot eat too spicy food, then do not cut all the chili peppers into sections. I only cut 1/3 of my chili peppers for the consideration of children. Besides, pre-soak the chili peppers and drain to keep the spicy taste. But you might be much more comfortable during the stir fry process if you are still new to stir fry hot dishes.

Marinade the chicken cubes for 10 minutes and deep-fry for twice until golden brown or dark brown. Filter the extra oil.