Szechwan Garlic Chicken
Ingredients:
2 diced boneless chicken breasts
Marinade: 1 T. vinegar, 1 t. soy sauce, ½ t. chili paste, 1 pinch salt, 1 pinch ajinomoto
Batter: 2 eggs, 3 T. flour, 2 T. cornstarch slurry, 2 pinches baking powder, salt to taste, oil
Garlic sauce: 2-3 T. oil, 4 dried red chilies, 2 T. chopped garlic, 1/3 cup tomato puree, 2 T. tomato sauce, 1 t. soy sauce, 1 ½ cup water/chicken stock, 1 T. cornstarch, ½ t. ajinomoto, salt to taste
Method:
- Marinate chicken for 4-6 hrs. Mix batter.
- Heat oil on medium; dip chicken in batter, then fry until golden brown.
- To make sauce, heat oil and sauté chilies and garlic. Add tomato puree, tomato sauce, chili paste, soy sauce, water.
- Bring to boil ,then add salt and ajinomoto. Add cornstarch slurry to thicken.
- Add chicken pieces into sauce and simmer .