Name: Spicy Cumin Chicken Heart Skewers (孜然烤鸡心串)
Yield: Makes 10 skewers
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: ½ tablespoon coarsely ground cumin; 2 teaspoons Red Chili Powder; 1½-inch (4 cm) piece fresh ginger, peeled and sliced; ½ teaspoon Chinese five-spice powder; 1 teaspoon salt; 2 green onions, trimmed and sliced into slivers; 2 teaspoons Sichuan peppercorns; 1 pound (455 g) chicken hearts, or about 50 hearts; 1 tablespoon Homemade Green Onion Oil; ½ tablespoon Roasted Sesame Seeds; Salt; 1 tablespoon Shaoxing cooking wine

Preparation info

Makes
10
skewers

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Xi'an Famous Foods

By Jason Wang

Published 2020

About

Some people might be afraid of cooking chicken hearts, but they’re not that much different from any cut of dark chicken meat. These morsels of muscle are perfect for grilling: lean, flavorful, with a perfect bouncy bite.

Ingredients

For the Chicken Hearts

1 pound (455 g) chicken hearts, or about 50 hearts
2 green onions, trimmed

Asia
China
Starter
Spicy

Method

To Make the Chicken Hearts

Butterfly the chicken hearts by slicing them lengthwise, cutting deeply without cutting them entirely in half.

Smash the green onions and ginger with clean hands to release their flavors.

Add the smashed green onions and ginger, along with the Sichuan peppercorns, five-spice powder, cooking wine, and salt to a cont

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Ingredients

For the Chicken Hearts

Method

To Make the Chicken Hearts

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