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Sichuan Bang Bang Chicken

Recipe by Connie Veneracion
Story has it that food hawkers in the Sichuan region of China once had a dilemma as to how to sell cold chicken cheaply but generously in equal portions to customers. The solution was to pound the chicken to “stretch” it and to make sure that the pieces were of uniform thickness. The sound of pounding went “bang bang” and the cold chicken dish came to be known as bang bang chicken.
This is Sichuan bang bang chicken — shredded cold chicken meat tossed in a thick spicy sauce made with Sichuan peppercorns, sesame paste and chili oil, among other things.
Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 10 mins
Total Time 20 mins
Course Main Course, Snack
Cuisine Chinese
Servings 2 people
Sichuan Bang Bang Chicken
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Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups chicken bone broth
  • 4 cloves garlic
  • ½ shallot
  • 1 slice ginger
  • salt
  • 2 chicken breast fillets
  • ½ teaspoon Sichuan peppercorns
  • ½ teaspoon sugar
  • 1 tablespoon sesame paste
  • ½ teaspoon soy sauce
  • 1 teaspoon black vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon chili oil including the bits of chili, plus more to garnish
  • shredded lettuce
  • toasted sesame seeds
  • sliced scallions

Instructions
 

  • Heat the chicken bone broth, two cloves garlic, shallot and ginger. Add salt, the amount depending on how salty the broth is.
  • Bring to a simmer and drop in the chicken breast fillets. Poach the chicken for ten minutes then remove from the broth. Cool the chicken.
  • Make the sauce. With a mortar and pestle, pound the Sichuan peppercorns until powdery.
  • Peel the remaining two cloves of garlic and add to the Sichuan peppercorns. Sprinkle in the sugar. Pound until pasty.
  • Add the sesame paste slowly with constant stirring.
  • Add the soy sauce, black vinegar and chili oil with the bits of chili. Stir until smooth. Taste and make the necessary adjustments in accordance with your taste.
  • Pull the chicken breasts apart into rather chunky shreds. Toss with the prepared sauce.
  • Line a plate with shredded lettuce. Arrange the chicken on top. Sprinkle with toasted sesame seeds and sliced scallions. Drizzle with more chili oil and serve the Sichuan bang bang chicken.

Notes

Sichuan Bang Bang Chicken on a Bed of Lettuce
Updated from a recipe originally published in 8/25/2016
Keyword Chicken, Spicy
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