Three Pepper Chicken

Ingredients list for Three Pepper Chicken

• 450 grams Boneless chicken cut into 1 inch pieces
• 8-10 Sichuan Peppers
• 1 medium Green capsicum cut into 1 inch pieces
• 10-15 Black peppercorns crushed
• 3 tablespoons Cornflour/ corn starch
• 2 Spring onions with greens chopped
• 4 tablespoons Oil
• 1 inch piece Ginger finely chopped
• 4-5 cloves Garlic finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon Sugar
• 1 1/2 tablespoons Soy sauce
• 1/4 teaspoon MSG
• to taste Salt
• 2 cups Chicken stock
• 1 tablespoon Vinegar

Method

1. Dry roast the Sichuan pepper and crush lightly. Mix the cornflour in one cup of water. Set aside the spring onion greens for garnish.
2. Heat the oil in a wok or a pan, add the ginger and garlic and stir-fry for one minute. Add the spring onions and continue to stir-fry for a couple of minutes.
3. Add the chicken pieces and cook for two to three minutes, stirring continuously. Add the sugar, soy sauce, MSG, capsicum, salt and chicken stock. Bring it to a boil and cook the chicken for two minutes.
4. Stir in the cornflour mixture, Sichuan peppers and cook for two to three minutes or until the sauce coats the chicken pieces.
5. Stir in the vinegar, crushed peppercorns and serve hot, garnished with the reserved spring onion greens.

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