Easy Schezwan Chicken

Schezwan Chicken

Schezwan is generally a style of Chinese cooking known to be spicy, fragrant, a little sweet, and oily at the same time. This style of cooking was originated from the Sichuan Province. I would consider this recipe as a “quick & easy” one because it is fairly simple and full of flavor at the same time. It is also enticing with the vibrant colours.

Most recipes are a bit more complicated, but here, I have developed a quick and easy one. Even though this is also a spicy dish, I chose not to make mine spicy, which is optional. This is also a diverse  dish which you may add vegetables of choice if you are serving with rice or a starch.

Ingredients

• Boneless Chicken Thighs – Breasts can also be used. I prefer the thighs as the meat is softer.
• Garlic
• Ginger
• Cornstarch
• Oil
• Bell Pepper – Red or green, or both if preferred.
• Onions
• Oyster Sauce
• Light Soy Sauce
• Dark or Mushroom Soy Sauce
• Rice Wine Vinegar – or Apple Cider Vinegar
• Water
• Sugar
• Cayenne Pepper or pepper of choice

Preparation of Schezwan Chicken

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1. Wash and cut up your chicken into bite size pieces in a seasoning bowl. Remove fatty pieces from chicken.
2. Measure out and combine all the sauce ingredients together in a medium bowl.
3. When ready to cook, place cornstarch on the chicken and toss well to coat.
4. Heat a large non-stick skillet on medium-high heat, add oil, when hot add chicken in a single layer. Turn after a few minutes when pieces are brown. Remove from pan to a separate bowl. You may have to repeat this step until all chicken is cooked.
5. Place all chicken back into pan with the sauce ingredients on medium-low heat and simmer about 5 minutes, sauce should start to thicken.
6. Add vegetables and stir simmering another minute.
7. Remove from heat and serve.

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Easy Schezwan Chicken

Course Main Course

Cuisine Chinese

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

Servings 6

Author Dianne

Ingredients

• 12 Boneless Chicken Thighs or 8 Chicken Breasts cut small
• 1/2 C Corn Starch
• 4 cloves Garlic Minced
• 1 tsp. Ginger minced

Sauce

• 1-1/2 Tbsp. Oyster Sauce
• 1/4 cup Light Soy Sauce
• 2 tsp. Dark or Mushroom Soy Sauce
• 1/2 cup Water
• 2 Tbsp. White Wine Vinergar or Apple Cider Vinergar
• 2 tsp. White Sugar
• *optional 1/2 tsp. Cayenne Pepper or Pepper of choice to desired taste
• 1 small Green & Red Bell Pepper cut in chunks or slices
• 1 small Onion cut horizontally
• 2 Tbsp Oil

Instructions

1. Cut chicken in small pieces, add cornstarch and toss to coat, using a little more if needed. Place in fridge for about 1 hour.

2. Mince garlic & ginger and set aside.

3. Cut up green peppers, and onions and set aside.

4. Combine the rest of ingredients for the sauce in a small pot.

5. Heat oil in a Large non-stick skillet on med-hi heat. Add oil to pot until hot about 1-2 minutes.

6. Fry chicken pieces, small batches at a time until brown stirring as it cooks.

7. Sautee garlic & ginger into chicken a few seconds before finished.

8. Add all chicken back to pan, stir, add sauce.

9. Turn to med-low, and simmer around 3 minutes - 5 minutes

10. Add onion & peppers and stir for about 1 minute, & serve.

Recipe Notes

Best served over rice or stir fry vegetables.