Chinese Black Pepper Chicken with Noodles Recipe
A bold and spicy black pepper chicken featuring strips of chicken breast marinated in five spices, soy sauce, and sesame oil, stir-fried with onions, red peppers, spring onions, and cashew nuts. Finished with a Szechuan pepper, chili, hoisin, wine, and soy stir-fry sauce, this flavorful dish is served over a bed of egg noodles.
Ingredients
Black pepper chicken
- 1 whole bell pepper (red)
- 2 tsp black pepper corns
- 100 grams cashew nuts
- 2 tsp chilli paste
- 120 grams egg noodles
- 1 whole fresh chilli
- 2 cloves garlic
- 2 tbsp hoisin sauce
- 0.5 whole onions
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 whole spring onions
- 45 ml white wine
- 1 tbsp sunflower oil
pepper chicken marinade
- 2 fillet chicken breasts
- 0.5 tsp chinese five spice
- 5 grams corn flour
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 5 grams granulated sugar
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp sunflower oil
Instructions
- place the sunflower oil, sesame oil, sugar, chinese five spice, soy sauce, corn flour into the shallow dish
- slice the chicken fillets into small strips or goujons, place the chicken in the marinade, cover with cling film, refrigerate for at least two hours preferably overnight
- Take the chicken out of the fridge, cut the onions in half and slice thinly, wash and chop the red pepper into matchsticks
- wash and finely chop the chilli, peel and chop the garlic, wash and finely slice the spring onions
- crush the pepper corns in a mortar and pestle, mix the chilli paste, hoisin sauce, soy sauce and white wine in a bowl
- half fill a medium pan with water and boil, add a spot of olive oil and a pinch of salt to the boiling water, Add the noodles to the hot water
- Heat 1/2 the oil to the wok, add the onions, add the peppers, cook for a minute or two
- move the veg to the side of the wok and add the other 1/2 of the oil to the wok, Add the chicken to the frying pan and fry from 4 to 5 minutes until golden brown
- Add crushed pepper, add the garlic and chopped chilli, cook for a minute or two, Add the sauce mixture and cook for a minute or two
- drain the noodles and wash, place back into the pan and warm through on a low light
- add the cashew nuts to the wok, cook for a minute or two
- place the noodles in individual serving dishes, place the stir fry on top, sprinkle with spring onions
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