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Salt And Pepper Chicken

Batter-fried crisp chicken pieces stir-fried with veggies and a special pepper mix. Simple, yet amazing. A dish hard to resist. This is Sanjeev Kapoor exclusive recipe.

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Main ingredients Boneless chicken breasts, Salt, Crushed black peppercorns, Mixed coloured capsicums, Onion, Five spice powder, Ginger-garlic paste, White vinegar, Dark soy sauce, Corn flour, Ginger, Garlic, Cooking wine, Sichuan peppercorns, Spring onion greens
Cuisine Oriental
Course Main course chicken
Prep time 15-20 minutes
Cook time 15-20 minutes
Serve 4
Taste Spicy
Level of cooking Easy
Others Non vegetarian

Ingredients

  • 2 boneless chicken breasts
  • Salt to taste
  • Crushed black peppercorns to taste
  • 1 medium red capsicum
  • 1 medium yellow capsicum
  • 1 medium green capsicum
  • 1 medium onion
  • 2 tablespoons oil + for deep frying
  • ½ teaspoon five spice powder
  • 1½ tablespoons ginger-garlic paste
  • 1 tablespoon white vinegar
  • ½ tablespoon dark soy sauce
  • ½ cup corn flour
  • 1 tablespoon finely chopped ginger
  • 1 tablespoon finely chopped garlic
  • 2 tablespoons cooking wine
  • ½ teaspoon crushed Sichuan peppercorns
  • 2-3 tablespoons diagonally sliced spring onion greens + for garnish

Method

  1. Trim the tops of the red capsicum, yellow capsicum and green capsicum, remove seeds them and cut into strips.
  2. Horizontally slice onion. Thickly slice chicken breasts into 1 inch long pieces.
  3. Heat sufficient oil in a wok.
  4. Take chicken pieces in a large bowl, add salt, crushed black peppercorns, five spice powder, ginger-garlic paste, white vinegar and dark soy sauce and mix well. Add corn flour and mix well. 
  5. Slide chicken pieces into hot oil and deep-fry till golden brown and crisp. Drain on absorbent paper.
  6. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in another wok, add ginger and garlic, mix and sauté for 1 minute. Add the capsicums and onion, mix and sauté on high heat for 1-2 minutes. Add the cooking wine and mix well and cook for 1 minute.
  7. Add fried chicken pieces, salt and crushed Sichuan peppercorns and toss well.
  8. Add spring onion greens and mix again. 
  9. Switch the heat off, transfer into a serving plate, garnish with spring onion greens and serve hot.
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