Spicy Hunan Chicken Recipes

HOT AND SPICY HUNAN-STYLE CHICKEN

Steps:

• Whisk soy sauce, sherry, and ginger together in a bowl and pour into a resealable plastic bag. Add chicken, coat with the marinade, squeeze out excess air, and seal the bag. Marinate in the refrigerator, 15 to 20 minutes.
• While chicken marinates, soak dried chiles in warm water until soft, about 15 minutes.
• Cut chile peppers, shallot, and scallion diagonally into 1-inch pieces.
• Grind anise seed into a powder using a mortar and pestle. Transfer to a bowl and add chicken broth, vinegar, sugar, and salt; mix until well combined.
• Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium to medium-high heat. Add chile peppers and shallot; stir-fry for 30 seconds. Add scallion and stir-fry, 30 seconds more. Add marinade mixture and chicken and stir-fry, 1 to 2 minutes. Pour in chicken broth mixture and mix well.
• Cook over low heat until chicken pieces are tender, no longer pink in the centers, and juices run clear, about 10 minutes. Stir in cornstarch to thicken sauce; serve with chicken.

HUNAN-STYLE HOT AND SPICY CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a large bowl, mix ginger slices, sherry vinegar and 2 tbsp soy sauce. Marinate chicken pieces for 30 minutes in soy sauce marinade.
• Grind Sichuan pepper to powder and add to mixing bowl. Mix in the chicken broth, 2 tbsp soy sauce, wine, sugar, salt and black pepper.
• Heat oil in a wok or heavy frying pan. Add sliced green onion and chili peppers and stir fry for one minute.
• Add soy marinade and chicken to scallions and hot pepper and stir-fry for 2 minutes more.
• Add chicken broth mixture and mix well. Cook over medium-low heat until chicken pieces are fully cooked (8-10 minutes) stirring frequently. Add cornstarch to thicken. Serve with rice.