If you like spicy Chinese cuisine, chicken schezwan is the perfect dish for dinner! You can try our quick and easy chicken schezwan dish at home. All you need for this dish is boneless chicken topped with cornstarch and five spice powder. The chicken is then stir-fried and cooked with chilies, ginger, garlic, onion, and a freshly made schezwan sauce.
Chicken stock, sugar, soy sauce, vinegar, and five spice powder are used to make the sauce. This recipe also calls for Chinese rum/wine, but you can omit it if you prefer.
What are the required ingredients:
1/2 kg boneless chicken breast
4 tablespoons cornstarch
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon dry spice powder
Oil
7-8 dry red peppers
2 teaspoon garlic (finely chopped)
2 teaspoon ginger (finely chopped)
Chopped spring onions
For sauce:
100 ml chicken stock
2 tsp sugar
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
1 teaspoon vinegar
1 teaspoon Chinese wine/rum
1/4 teaspoon five spice powder
1/4 teaspoon black pepper powder
2 teaspoons cornstarch mixed in water
How do you make Schezwan Chicken?
First coat the chicken with cornflour, salt and five spice powder. Brush off the extra spice. Then stir fry the chicken until it is lightly colored. Remove the chicken from the pan after cooking.
Now put all the other spices in the oil. Also add chili, garlic and ginger.
After 30 seconds of cooking, add the onions and all the sauce ingredients. When it boils, return the chicken to the pan and heat through.
Your schezwan chicken is ready. Enjoy it with fried rice or chow mein.
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