Fried Szechuan Chicken

Submitted by Queen Dragon Mom

"An adopted recpe from 2004... haven't tried it yet..."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 1 whole chicken, cut into pieces (about 3 lbs)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon sesame oil
• 1 teaspoon five-spice powder
• 1 1⁄2 cups water
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1 tablespoon light soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon Chinese wine or 1 tablespoon sherry wine
• 1⁄2 teaspoon black pepper
• 5 tablespoons oil
• 10 dried red chilies
• 3 garlic cloves, crushed
• 2 tablespoons green ginger, shredded
• 1 scallion, chopped

directions

1. Marinate chicken with salt, five- spice powder and sesame oil, set aside. Mix water, light soy sauce, wine and pepper in a separate bowl.
2. Dissolve cornstarch and 2 tablespoons.
3. water in a small bowl.
4. Heat oil until very hot and fry chicken pieces until brown.
5. Remove chicken and fry dried chilies, garlic and ginger for 2 minutes.
6. Add scallions, water, wine and soya mixture. Bring to a boil, add corn starch mixture and allow to thicken.
7. Pour sauce over chicken and serve over hot rice.