Hot and Spicy Chicken

Hot and Spicy Chicken is a perfect combo of crispy chicken and spicy sauce. It goes well with a bowl of steamed rice, egg fried rice, or simple stir fry noodles.

📝 Ingredients

• 250 g Chicken thigh/breast
• 1 cup Potato/Corn Starch (flour)
• ½ Large Sweet Onion
• ½ Carrot
• ½ Bell Pepper
• 1 Chilli Pepper
• ½ tsp Chilli Oil
• 2-3 Bird eye chillies
• Oil for frying
• ½ tsp corn flour mix with 1 tbsp water (Optional)
• ½ tsp Baking Soda
• ½ tsp Sesame Oil
• ½ tsp Light Soy Sauce
• 1 cup Water
• 1 tsp Dark Soy Sauce
• 2 tbsp Oyster Sauce
• 2 tsp Vinegar
• 3 tbsp Sugar
• 3 tbsp Sriracha chilli sauce/ hot chilli sauce

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Cut chicken into small medium bite size pieces. Marinate with baking soda, sesame oil and light soy sauce for 5 minutes.
2. 2Prepare the vegetables by cut the onions and sweet pepper into small dices. Cut carrot, green chilli and bird eye chilli into thin slices.
3. 3Coat the chicken well with potato/corn flour and toss the excess flour out before frying.
4. 4Heat the oil into high heat about 350° F. Add the coated chicken pieces and deep fry for 2-3 mins till chicken turn into light brown colour. Remove from oil and set aside.
5. 5Heat the wok, add all the ingredients from the sauce mix and bring it to boil with medium high heat.
6. 6Add the carrot and onion first and stir for few seconds, then follow the peppers, fried chicken pieces, bird eye chilli and chilli oil. Stir well with medium heat to 1 to 2 minutes.
7. 7Add ½ tsp corn flour + 1 tbsp water mixture in the sauce and stir well for 1 min. ( To thicken the sauce. )
8. 8You can add or omit salt according to your taste.
9. 9Delicious Hot and Spicy Chicken is ready! Serve immediately with a bowl of steamed rice.
10. 10Enjoy!