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Kylie Kwong

Smoky Hot Chicken Stir-Fried with Dried Red Chillies and Green Garlic Chives


Serves 4 to 6

Ingredients

  • 600 g chicken thigh fillets cut into 1cm cubes
  • 2 tablespoons cornflour cornstarch
  • 2 tablespoons shao hsing wine
  • 2 tablespoons peanut oil
  • 10 small dried red chilli's
  • 2 tablespoons peanut oil extra
  • 5 cm piece of ginger cut into thin strips
  • 1 tablespoon brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons light soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon brown rice vinegar
  • 1 handful green garlic chives cut into 5cm lengths

Method

  1. Combine chicken with cornflour and shao hsing wine in a bowl. Cover, place in refrigerator and leave to marinate for 1 hour.
  2. Place oil and chillies in a cold wok and then turn heat to low. Cook for about 1½ minutes or until chillies begin to darken slightly. Using a slotted spoon, immediately remove chillies and drain on kitchen paper.
  3. Leaving chilli-infused oil in wok, turn heat up to high and stir-fry half the chicken cubes for 3 minutes. Remove with a slotted spoon. Add extra oil to wok with remaining chicken and stir-fry for 3 minutes. Return all chicken to wok, along with ginger and reserved chillies, and stir-fry for 1 minute.
  4. Add sugar and stir-fry for 30 seconds. Add remaining ingredients and stir-fry for 30 seconds. Serve immediately.
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  • Foj
    March 2009

    made this with beef and chicken, works out really nicely. Don't forget to splash some of the Shao Shing into the wok at step 4 with the remaining ingredients. Also important when marinating the meat that the wine and cornstarch mixture just coats the meat, without too much excess.

  • LB160
    February 2009

    wow, this was terrific,I coated the meat with cornstrch then marinated in wine,was that correct? anyways was delich,my husband now says we dont have to go out for chinese, had it with her deilicous fried rice, stir fried some vegies, and made a sauce of 1/4 cup sesame oil,1/4 cup soy sauce 2tbsp black vinegar, 1tbsp brown sugar.1tbsp hot chili oil, (let sit for at least an hour) and splash over vegies to taste, also good over noodles.

  • Juan
    February 2009

    Thank you for wonderful program- we never missed a beat! We hope to see your program again soon! Juan

  • PB37
    December 2008

    sounds heavenly.

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