Asian Inspired Chicken

Inspired Asian Chicken.

So Nicolette and I have been very keen to experiment with some Asian flavours in the kitchen. I'm sure some followed the Austalian Masterchef Adam Liaw, who's cook book

has inspired us to try one of his recipes "Gong Bao Chicken" with a few adjustments of our own.

Nicolette invited me over to her place in Palavas where we made this delicious Asian Chicken dish. The result was amazing, just loved cooking with all these new flavours in the kitchen. This will definately not be my last asian meal that I will make. We plan to cook more Asian inspired food together very soon.

So here is the recipe, very easy to follow and is made within 25 minutes.

Ingredients

2 Chicken breasts

70 g Peanuts

2 tsp Sichuan peppercorns

1 garlic cloves crushed

1 tsp grated ginger

1 bunch of spring onion sliced

1/2 onion thinly sliced

1 handfull of sprouts

Home made Chili sauce

5 small chilli's sliced

3 tbsp olive oil

Mix together

Sauce

1 tbsp of raw honey

1 tbsp of black vinegar

1 tsp sesame oil

1 tsp dark soy sauce

50 ml of chicken stock

1 tsp maizena

coconut milk (optional)

Stir fry sauce

1 tbsp light soya sauce

1 tsp maizena

1 tsp rice wine

1 pinch white pepper

1/2 tsp honey

Method

1. Slice up the chicken breasts into pieces

2. In a bowl mix together the "stir fry sauce" and pour over the chicken and set aside in the fridge

3. Pour the peanuts into a hot pan and fry for a few minutes until they change colour. We used peanuts with the skin on

4. In another bowl mix together the "sauce"

5. In a hot pan or wok add the home made chilli sauce and the peppercorns, fry until you hear the peppercorns pop

6. Add the chicken to the pan place on a medium heat, brown the chicken on either side

7. Add in the ginger, garlic, onion and spring onion

8. Add in the sauce and fry until the chicken is cooked then sprinkle in the peanuts

9. The sauce should be getting to a thicker consistency

10. If the Chilli's are too hot for you, you can add some coconut milk to the sauce

11. Once chicken is cooked you can place in a bowl to be served along with some sprouts

12. We served ours with some raw spinach and a bowl of quinoa.

It really was such a fun morning cooking with Nicolette again. Thanks so much.