Chilli Chicken Recipe: Chinese Style

A popular order during Chinese meals, or as one of the dishes in a Chinese mix rice (chap fun) eatery, Chilli Chicken features dried red chilies, spring onions, and soy sauce with tender chicken pieces. Its simplicity makes it a sincerely appetizing dish (BEANS STIR-FRY CHINESE STYLE). 

This recipe follows the same high-fire stir-frying (woi hei) style found in eateries. It also includes crispy fried cashew nuts. This gives it the name Cashew Nut Chilli Chicken or Chilli Chicken Cashew Nut, depending on which you prefer to put first.

 

Get your plate of rice ready. The pairing does not have to be elaborate for this classic Chinese-style chilli chicken (CHILLI PRAWNS CHINESE STYLE). 

Ingredients for Chilli Chicken

500g chicken fille - cut into bite-sized pieces

200g roasted cashew nuts

2 medium sized potatoes, simmered, cubed and fried 

1 inch ginge - chopped

5 garlic clove - chopped

4 shallot - chopped

5 dried red chillies - snip smaller pieces

1 tbsp dark soy sauce

1 tbsp light soy sauce

1 tsp sugar

4 tbsp oil

Black pepper and salt - as needed 

Some coriander leaves

Method

Heat oil, sauté the ginger, garlic, shallots, and dried chillies.

Add chicken, stir and cook for a few minutes.

Pour in dark soy sauce and light soy sauce, seasoning sugar, salt and pepper.

Continue cooking until chicken is tender and sauce thickens.

Tip in cashews and potatoes. 

Stir in and garnish with coriander leaves.