Sichuan Spicy Chicken

La Zi Ji

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    as part of a multicourse meal
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Easy Chinese Recipes: Family Favorites From Dim Sum to Kung Pao

By Bee Yinn Low

Published 2011

  • About

I first encountered Sichuan Spicy Chicken, or Chongqing La Zi Ji, at a Sichuan restaurant in China. At the restaurant, almost every table had a serving of a chicken dish buried under a mountain heap of dried red chilies. I tried the dish and was instantly hooked on the aromatic, fiery, numbing, and deeply flavorful chicken. It was delicious! According to my local friend, Sichuan Spicy Chicken was invented some 14 years ago in a small restaurant outside of Chongqing, the capita

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