Chinese Chicken With Black Pepper Sauce

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 1 lb boneless skinless chicken thighs (skinless boneless breast substitution ok)
• 6 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1 large onion, diced
• 1 cup frozen peas and carrot
• cooking oil
• hot steamed rice
• 1/4 cup oyster sauce
• 1 teaspoon dark soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1 teaspoon rice wine or 1 teaspoon sake

Recipe

• 1 note: this recipe calls for boneless thigh meat, which is preferred, but i tried using breast meat and the result was fine also.
• 2 mix together sauce ingredients in a small bowl and set aside.
• 3 cut chicken into a small dice, about 1/4-inch.
• 4 heat 1-2 cups peanut or other cooking oil in your wok.
• 5 place cornstarch in a small bowl and begin to dust chicken pieces, shaking off excess.
• 6 fry in hot oil in small batches until crispy and golden, about 2-3 minutes; drain.
• 7 remove oil from wok and discard.
• 8 heat 1 tbsp oil in wok and stir-fry onion about 1 minute; add peas and carrots and cook another 30 seconds.
• 9 add sauce mixture to wok along with chicken pieces and stir to coat everything evenly.
• 10 serve at once with hot steamed rice.