Cooking time: 20 min

Serving: 2

Ingredients:

●     4 pcs boneless chicken leg (cut into 1” cubes)

●     ½ lemon (juiced)

●     1 ½ tbsp minced ginger

●     1 ½ tsp salt

●     1 tsp light soy sauce

●     oil for deep frying

●     6 cloves garlic (minced)

●     5 slices ginger

●     3 stalks spring onion (white part sliced & green part cut into 1 " length)

●     1 tbsp Szechuan peppercorn

●     20 pcs dried chili (pre-soaked & cut into quarters)

●     2 tbsp water

●     1 tsp sugar (to taste)

●     2 tsp toasted sesame seeds

Instructions:

1. Marinate chicken

●     In a bowl, marinate chicken with lemon juice, ginger, light soy sauce and salt.

●     Set aside for about 15 minutes

2. Fry chicken

●     In a pan, heat oil and deep fry chicken over medium-high heat for 6-7 minutes until golden brown and crispy.

●     Drain and set aside

3. Fry spices and chicken

●     Heat pan with 50ml of the deep frying oil on medium heat and add in the garlic, ginger, white part of spring onion and stir fry till fragrant.

●     Add in Szechuan peppercorn and dried chili to stir-fry over medium-low heat until fragrant.

●     Add in the chicken, water, and sugar and stir fry till the water evaporates.

●     Add the green part spring onions, and sesame seeds and toss over high heat for a minute.

Posted by Coba Grills and we thank Asian Food Network for this delicious recipe and the recipe link https://asianfoodnetwork.com/en/recipes/cuisine/chinese/szechuan-spicy-chicken.html