Easy Crispy Chicken Thighs with Black Pepper Sauce
Ingredients
- 2 boneless skinless whole chicken thigh fillets, lightly flattened with kitchen mallet
- 1/2tablespoon soy sauce
- 1teaspoon white pepper
- 1teaspoon sesame oil
- 1tablespoon corn flour, for dusting
- 1tablespoon rice flour, for dusting
- vegetable oil
- Black Pepper Sauce
- 2cloves garlic, chopped
- 1 piece ginger (thumb-sized), chopped
- 2 bird eye chillies, sliced
- 2 red shallots, sliced
- 1tablespoon crushed black peppercorn
- 2tablespoons oyster sauce
- 1tablespoon soy sauce
- 1/2tablespoon sugar
- 1/2cup chicken stock
- 6 snow peas, tailed and topped
- 1tablespoon cornflour, mixed with ½ tbsp water
Instructions
- Marinade flattened thigh fillets with soy sauce, sesame oil and white pepper for 30 minutes.
- Chop and slice ingredients for the sauce and set aside. In a clean bowl, mix the black peppercorn, oyster sauce, soy sauce, sugar and chicken stock.
- Fifteen minutes before cooking, bring the marinated chicken to room temperature. Heat a wok with sufficient vegetable oil for deep frying. Mix corn flour and rice flour in a bowl and lightly coat the chicken.
- To determine if the oil is hot enough, use the chopstick method. Stick a chopstick into the oil and when the bottom of the chopstick bubbles vigorously, the oil is ready for frying. Drench off excess flour from the chicken and gently slide into the oil. Fry for about 4 minutes until both sides have turned golden, crispy and cooked through. Remove and drain on paper towels.
- In the same wok, remove the rest of the oil until 1 tbsp oil left. Heat up on medium heat. Sauté garlic, chilli and shallot until fragrant for about 20 seconds. Add the earlier mixed sauce and bring it to a simmer. Taste and adjust seasoning. Add snow peas and cook for another 20 seconds. Thicken the sauce with cornflour mixture. Continue to stir until the sauce has thickened.
- Slice the chicken and place on top of warm steamed rice. Pour the black pepper sauce over the chicken. Serve immediately.
This recipe from Burp! Appetit and Honest Cooking was republished with permission. It originally appeared as Crispy Chicken With Black Pepper Sauce on Rice.