Chinese Black Pepper Chicken

5 from 2 votes

This Chinese black pepper chicken is soft, juicy and perfectly spiced, brimming with flavors and textures.

Prep Time10

Cook Time10

Total Time20

Course: Dinner, Main Course

Cuisine: Asian

Servings:

Calories: 141kcal

Author: Claudy

Combine chicken, soy sauce, salt, and black pepper in a bowl. Mix by hand generously till well combined. Let it marinate for 10 minutes.
2 Chicken breast, 1 tablespoon Soy sauce, Pinch of Salt, 1 teaspoon Black pepper
In a small bowl, combine the ingredients for the sauce and mix well using a spoon.
½ cup Broth, 2 tablespoon Dark soy sauce, 2 tablespoon Corn starch, 2 tablespoon Oyster sauce, 1 tablespoon Chinese cooking wine
Add 2 tablespoon of cooking oil to a hot skillet on medium heat. Put the chicken, spread and fry until fully cooked and tender for 3 minutes. Make sure you flip the sides halfway through till the chicken edges become golden brown.
2 tablespoon Cooking oil
Using a spoon, remove the chicken and set aside leaving behind the oil in the skillet or wok.
Add the sesame oil, and sauté the garlic and ginger for about 30 second till they are fragrant.
1 tablespoon Sesame oil, 1 tablespoon Ginger, 3 Garlic cloves
Add the onions, salt black pepper, and peppers. Stir fry for 30 seconds
1 teaspoon Freshly cracked black pepper, ½ large Onion, 1 Red bell pepper, 1 Green bell pepper, ⅛ teaspoon Salt
While the peppers are cooking, stir the sauce again with a spoon and add to the pot. Stir to combine until it thickens. Now add chicken and stir for a few seconds. Turn off the heat and remove the skillet.
Transfer into plate and serve immediately.

- Cook the veggies and chicken on medium heat. Avoid overcrowding the skillet, especially when you're cooking the chicken- you really want to have that bit of crispiness on the outside.

- Make sure you stir the sauce ingredients nicely before you pour it into veggies and chicken. Cornstarch usually sits at the bottom, and you might end up missing it.

- If you don't have cornstarch, use arrowroot powder. This is essentially a thickener that helps you get that nice bit of glaze on the chicken and veggies.

- Consider adding other veggies like broccoli, mushrooms, bok choy, baby corn, zucchini, green beans and carrots into the mix. Remember that some veggies need longer to cook- so you'll need to add them in first.