Sichuan Chicken with Spicy Sesame Sauce (怪味鸡)
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Omnivore's Cookbook · by Maggie Zhu

Sichuan Chicken with Spicy Sesame Sauce (怪味鸡)

NUTRITION · PER SERVING30M COOK
CAL 47%·PRO 100%
CARBS 14G6% OF CAL
3G FIBER6G OTHER6G TOTAL SUGAR
FAT 67G65% OF CAL
19G SAT49G UNSAT

BARS = SHARE OF RECIPE CALORIES · RINGS = FDA DV

Cold poached chicken thighs coated in a spicy, numbing Sichuan sesame sauce with peanut undertones. Addictively bold flavors in a deceptively simple-looking dish.

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Nutrition & ingredients

Ingredients

serves 2
  • 700 grams bone-in skin-on chicken thigh ((*see footnote 1))
  • 2 tablespoons Shaoxing wine
  • 1 teaspoon Sichuan peppercorn
  • 2 green onion (, chopped)
  • 2 pieces ginger
  • 2 green onion
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 3 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 2 teaspoons black rice vinegar
  • 2 teaspoons sugar
  • 1 tablespoon Chinese sesame paste ((or natural peanut butter))
  • 2 tablespoons homemade chili oil with 1 to 2 tablespoons of its “sediment”
  • 1 teaspoon sesame oil
  • 1 clove garlic (, minced)
  • 1/2 teaspoon ginger (, minced)
  • 1/4 teaspoon Sichuan peppercorn (, freshly grated roasted (*see footnote 2))
  • 1 cucumber, sliced into thin strips ((Optional))
  • 1 tablespoon roasted sesame seeds for garnish ((Optional))
PREP
10M
SODIUM
1939MG
ESTIMATE
COMPLETE

Nutrition estimated from ingredients, per serving. 100% of estimated mass resolved.