China

Bang Bang Chicken

Name: Bang Bang Chicken
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 3
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: 400 g Chicken breast; 1 Cucumber; 2 tbsp Sesame paste (or tahini); 1 tbsp Chilli oil; 1 tbsp each Soy sauce & rice vinegar; 1 tsp each Sichuan pepper & sugar; some of each Garlic & sesame

Cold Sichuan chicken with sesame-chilli sauce

Bang bang chicken (bang bang ji) comes from Sichuan and is named after the stick once used to pound and shred the cooked chicken tender.

Tender chicken strips rest on cucumber and are dressed with a sauce of sesame paste, chilli oil and Sichuan pepper – cool, spicy and nutty at once.

Servings3

Time30 min

LevelEasy

Ingredients

Chicken breast400 g
Cucumber1
Sesame paste (or tahini)2 tbsp
Chilli oil1 tbsp
Soy sauce & rice vinegar1 tbsp each
Sichuan pepper & sugar1 tsp each
Garlic & sesamesome of each

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Gently poach the chicken breast with ginger, let cool.
Shred the meat into fine strips by hand.
Cut the cucumber into batons and arrange on a plate.
Mix sesame paste, chilli oil, soy, vinegar, sugar and garlic.
Lay chicken on the cucumber, pour over sauce, sprinkle with sesame.

Make it original

Sesame paste, chilli oil and Sichuan pepper for bang bang chicken are in the Asia Boutique.

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