Recipe - Ma-La Zi Ji (Peppery And Hot Chicken)

1 pound Skinless boneless chicken
breasts
1 tablespoon Tapioca starch
1 tablespoon Rice wine
1 Egg white
6 Water chestnuts
5 tablespoon Green onions; chopped
2 tablespoon Fresh ginger root; finely
chopped
2 tablespoon Garlic; finely chopped
1 tablespoon Hot bean sauce
2 teaspoon Tapioca starch
1 tablespoon Chicken stock
1 tablespoon Soy sauce
2 teaspoon Sugar
1 teaspoon Vinegar
2 teaspoon Sesame oil
1 teaspoon Szechuan peppercorns; ground
One half teaspoon Black pepper
1 teaspoon Salt

Date: Sun, 25 Feb 96 20:05:26 EST

submitted by: RAB2E@pandora.cc.uottawa.ca
Mala Zi Ji is fairly hot, quite spicy and also has a peppery flavor.

Cut the chicken breast into 1inch pieces, or slightly smaller. Make the
marinade by mixing the tapioca starch with the wine and then beating in the
egg white. Mix with the chicken and marinate at least 15 minutes.

Slice the water chestnuts thinly. Chop the green onion coarsely and the
ginger and garlic finely.

To make the seasonings, first mix the cornstarch with the stock or water
and soy sauce in a small bowl, then add and mix together the sugar,
vinegar, sesame oil, szechuan pepper, black pepper and salt.

Heat One fourth cup of cooking oil or slightly more in a wok or large frying pan
until very hot. Pour extra marinade off the chicken and add the chicken
pieces to the heated oil. Stir to keep the pieces separate as they cook.
(It may be necessary to cook the chicken a few pieces at a time if your
heat source is insufficient to cook all the chicken quickly and at once.)
when the chicken has turned white, remove and drain.

Leave only 3 tablespoons or so cooking oil in the wok. Heat this oil and
add the hot bean sauce, green onion, ginger and garlic. Stir together over
a high heat until the garlic and ginger begin to absorb the rec color from
the hot bean sauce. Return the prefried chicken pieces and add the water
chestnuts and seasoning mix (give it a quick stir first). Stir, checking
for salt. When the chicken is reheated and the sauce has thickened
slightly, remove to a serving dish and serve hot.

Source: The Good Food of Szechwan, page(s): 4243, Date Published: 1982

DAVE DAVIDG@CLAM.RUTGERS.EDU

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