Sichuan Mouth-Watering Chicken

This is a cold dish with multiple layers of flavour, perfect summer. A refreshing Sichuan-style cold chicken dish with layers of heat, tingle, and savoury depth—chilled chicken over sliced cucumber, finished with a hot-oil pour over garlic, chilli powder, sesame, and Sichuan pepper, then seasoned with soy sauces and oyster sauce for a punchy, mouth-watering finish.

Ingredients

• 2 chicken legs
  
• 3 pieces ginger
  
• 2 green onions
  
• 2 tablespoons cooking wine
  
• 2 chillies (chopped)
  
• 3 cloves garlic (minced)
  
• 1/2 cucumber (sliced)
  
• 1 tablespoon chilli powder
  
• 1 tablespoon sesame
  
• 1 teaspoon Sichuan pepper
  
• 20 mL oil
  
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
  
• 1 tablespoon dark soy sauce
  
• 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
  
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
  
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar
  
• Pinch of chicken powder
  

Steps

1. Start by cooking the chicken leg with ginger, green onions, cooking wine in cold water for 15 minutes or until cooked thoroughly
   
2. Run it down cold water to cool it down
   
3. Meanwhile, slice the cucumber and place it on a serving plate
   
4. Once the chicken is cooled down, chop into small pieces and layer on top of the cucumber
   
5. Cut peppers into rings
   
6. Gather minced garlic, chilli powder, pepper rings, sesame and Sichuan peppers in a separate plate
   
7. Heat up the oil for about a minute or so
   
8. Pour it over the prepared ingredients
   
9. Then add in soy sauce, dark soy sauce, oyster sauce, salt, sugar and chicken powder and mix well
   
10. Pour the sauce into the chicken and done!
    

Languages

Sichuan Köstliches Huhn - Deutsch (German) version
Pollo delicioso de Sichuan - Español (Spanish) version
poulet appétissant du Sichuan - Français (French) version
Ayam Sichuan yang Lezat - Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian) version
Pollo appetitoso del Sichuan - Italiana (Italian) version
四川風の食欲をそそるチキン - 日本語 (Japanese) version
쓰촨식 입맛을 돋우는 닭고기 - 한국인 (Korean) version
ไก่เสฉวนรสเด็ด - แบบไทย (Thai) version
四川香喷喷的鸡 - 简体中文 (Simplified Chinese) version
四川香噴噴的雞 - 香港繁體中文 (Traditional Chinese - Hong Kong) version