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Szechuan Chicken

An easy, healthy and extremely delicious Chinese recipe made up of strips of chicken cooked with green pepper/capsicum, tomatoes, cabbage, onions and spices. I’ve served it with pasta, but it goes well with fried rice too.
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Servings: 2 People
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

Ingredients for Chicken Marinade
  • 250 gm chicken breast cut into thin strips - Marinate in the ingredients below for 30 minutes
  • 1 tsp. soya sauce
  • 1/4 tsp. garlic paste
  • 1/4 tsp. ginger paste
  • salt
Additional Ingredients
  • 1/2 cup cabbage julienned
  • 1 carrot julienned
  • 1 tomato cut into strips
  • 1 onion sliced
  • 1 green capsicum julienned
  • 1/4 tsp. garlic paste
  • 1 tbsp. ketchup or chilli sauce
  • 2 tsp. tomato paste
  • 4 tbsp. oil
  • 1 red chilli
  • 1 tsp. black pepper powder
  • salt to taste
  • 1 tsp. corn flour mixed in some water
  • 2 tbsp. spring onion chopped
  • 2-3 green chillies slit or chopped
  • sesame seeds for garnishing optional
  • splash of soya sauce

Method
 

  1. Heat oil, add garlic paste and spring onions, fry for a minute then add the red chilli followed by the chicken strips. Cook until chicken starts to change color, then add the vegetables one at a time, starting with capsicum, then carrots, then cabbage. Add the ketchup/chilli sauce followed by the tomato paste. Cook for a couple of minutes, then add the sliced onion. Cook until the veggies are soft. You can add about a quarter to a half cup of water.
    Add seasonings (black pepper/salt) and a splash of soya sauce, then add the sliced tomato and green chillies. Cook for 2-3 minutes, then mix in the corn flour paste and cook till the gravy is thick.
    Garnish with sesame seeds and serve over rice or pasta.
    Enjoy! 🙂