Recipes — Chicken Dish

Brown Braised Chicken (黄焖鸡) is a very popular dish in China recently.  The major reason for its popularity are as follows: 1. It takes relatively short time to prepare and cook using pressure cooker; 2. The base taste is acceptable for almost everyone while extra spices could be added as you prefer; 3. Due to its 2 reasons above, many restaurants in China are centered its menu on the dish. There are even franchised stores operated similar to fast-food chain such as KFC.

Preparation Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 8 - 10 minutes

Ingredients:

1. Chicken (bone...

Chili Pepper Chicken (辣子鸡) is literally Chicken with dried Chili Peppers, popular in Sichuan and Chongqing area. Its spiciness is extreme as the fried chicken cubes are served with large quantities of dried chili peppers. The peppers are used so much for this dish that you have to pick out the chicken cubes from the piles of peppers presumably using your chopsticks digging in the serving plate. The dish is also featured with vivid bright bloody-red color from the chili peppers. The Chili Pepper from Sichuan is key to this dish as it carries the perfect balance between the spicy...

Kung Pao Chicken (宫保鸡丁) probably is one of the most famous dishes from Sichuan Cusine and also one of the most popular dishes in Chinese restaurants around the globe. Kung Pao Chicken was invented by a high-level official named Ding Bao Zhen in Qing Dynasty about 300 years ago. The dish was named after his official title Kung Pao.

Due to the popularity of the dishes, Kung Pao Chicken has many variations as it's been revised according to local preference.  Below is the recipe of authentic Kung Pao Chicken in Sichuan Cuisine.  

Preparation Time: 20 minutes