Description
This recipe is similar to a famous food chain! Serve over thick noodles.
Ingredients
- 4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves – cut into 1 inch cubes
- 20 peeled and deveined large shrimp (21 to 30 per pound)
- 4 teaspoons soy sauce
- 4 teaspoons rice wine
- 2 teaspoons sesame oil (Optional)
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- ½ cup vegetable oil, divided
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 16 dried red chile peppers, cut in half
- 2 teaspoons Szechuan peppercorns (Optional)
- 1 red bell pepper, sliced
- 1 green bell pepper, sliced
- ¼ cup dark soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons rice wine
- 2 teaspoons white sugar
- 1 cup salted peanuts
- 4 green onions, cut into 3 inch lengths
- 2 dashes sesame oil, or to taste (Optional)
Instructions
- Combine chicken and shrimp in a mixing bowl along with 4 teaspoons soy sauce
- 4 teaspoons rice wine
- and 2 teaspoons sesame oil. Sprinkle with cornstarch
- and mix until evenly combined. Set aside to marinate for 25 minutes.
- Heat 1/2 of the vegetable oil in a wok over high heat. Stir in chicken mixture and cook until chicken has turned white on the outside and is still a bit pink in the center
- about 5 minutes. Remove chicken mixture and wipe the wok clean.
- Heat remaining vegetable oil over high heat. Stir in garlic; cook for a few seconds until garlic begins to turn brown. Stir in dried chiles and Sichuan peppercorns; cook and stir for a few seconds until peppers begin to darken.
- Add red and green bell peppers
- dark soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons rice wine
- and sugar. Bring to a boil and stir in chicken mixture. Cook until peppers are nearly tender and chicken is no longer pink in the center
- about 5 minutes more. Stir in peanuts and green onion until green onion becomes limp. Stir in a few drops of sesame oil to serve.
Prep Time: 30 mins
Cook Time: 20 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins
Servings: 4