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Hot and Spicy Chicken

Hot and Spicy Chicken is a perfect combo of crispy chicken and spicy sauce. It goes well with a bowl of steamed rice, egg fried rice, or simple stir fry noodles. 
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Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Chinese
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Servings: 2
Calories: 710kcal
Author: Khin

Ingredients

Main Ingredients

  • 250 g Chicken thigh/breast
  • 1 cup Potato/Corn Starch (flour)
  • ½ Large Sweet Onion
  • ½ Carrot
  • ½ Bell Pepper
  • 1 Chilli Pepper
  • ½ tsp Chilli Oil
  • 2-3 Bird eye chillies
  • Oil for frying
  • ½ tsp corn flour mix with 1 tbsp water Optional

Marinate for Chicken

  • ½ tsp Baking Soda
  • ½ tsp Sesame Oil
  • ½ tsp Light Soy Sauce

Sauce Mix

  • 1 cup Water
  • 1 tsp Dark Soy Sauce
  • 2 tbsp Oyster Sauce
  • 2 tsp Vinegar
  • 3 tbsp Sugar
  • 3 tbsp Sriracha chilli sauce/ hot chilli sauce

Instructions

  • Cut chicken into small medium bite size pieces. Marinate with baking soda, sesame oil and light soy sauce for 5 minutes.
  • Prepare the vegetables by cut the onions and sweet pepper into small dices. Cut carrot, green chilli and bird eye chilli into thin slices.
  • Coat the chicken well with potato/corn flour and toss the excess flour out before frying.
  • Heat the oil into high heat about 350° F. Add the coated chicken pieces and deep fry for 2-3 mins till chicken turn into light brown colour. Remove from oil and set aside.
  • Heat the wok, add all the ingredients from the sauce mix and bring it to boil with medium high heat.
  • Add the carrot and onion first and stir for few seconds, then follow the peppers, fried chicken pieces, bird eye chilli and chilli oil. Stir well with medium heat to 1 to 2 minutes.
  • Add ½ tsp corn flour + 1 tbsp water mixture in the sauce and stir well for 1 min. ( To thicken the sauce. )
  • You can add or omit salt according to your taste.
  • Delicious Hot and Spicy Chicken is ready! Serve immediately with a bowl of steamed rice.
  • Enjoy!

Nutrition

Calories: 710kcal | Carbohydrates: 101g | Protein: 23g | Fat: 23g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 9g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 123mg | Sodium: 2242mg | Potassium: 712mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 32g | Vitamin A: 4368IU | Vitamin C: 140mg | Calcium: 58mg | Iron: 2mg
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