Hunan Pepper Chicken

Name: Hunan Pepper Chicken (Hunan Jiu Lot Gai)
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: 8 to 10 small dried hot chili peppers; 2 tablespoons scallions, white portions, cut into ⅛-inch slices; 1 egg, beaten; 2 chicken legs with thighs, each 8 ounces: bone, remove fat, membranes, and skin, wash thoroughly and cut into bite-size pieces, dry very well; 1 slice of fresh ginger, cut into small pieces; 1 garlic clove, minced; ½ teaspoon Shao-Hsing wine or sherry; 2 teaspoons cornstarch; 1 teaspoon white vinegar; 2 teaspoons hoisin sauce; 3½ cups peanut oil; 4 teaspoons dark soy sauce; ¼ teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon sugar; Pinch of white pepper

Hunan Jiu Lot Gai

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Chinese Banquet Cookbook

By Eileen Yin-Fei Lo

Published 1985

About

Ingredients

2 chicken legs with thighs, each 8 ounces: bone, remove fat, membranes, and skin, wash thoroughly and cut into bite-size pieces, dry very well
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Asia
China
Main course
Hunan
Spicy

Method

Marinate chicken pieces in beaten egg, salt, pepper, and 1 teaspoon cornstarch for 5 minutes. Reserve.
Make sauce and reserve it.
Heat a wok over high heat for 40 seconds; add peanut oil. When wisp of white smoke appears, oil is ready. Sprinkle remaining te