Chinese mouthwatering chicken, traditional spicy chinese dish

Start with this Chinese dish, mouthwatering chicken!

It is a very popular dish. You can change the amount of spice in it to adjust to your taste.

I also made some asparagus, just boil it and drizzle some fish soy source over it. 

• Materials：
• FOR THE CHICKEN:
• 5 pieces Bone In Chicken Thighs
• 4 slices Fresh Ginger (small Medallions)
• 1 Tablespoon Rice Cooking Wine
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• FOR THE CHILI OIL: You can make it by yourself, or you can buy chili oil in stores
• 3 Tablespoons Red Chili Powder
• 1 Tablespoon White Sesame Seeds
• 1 teaspoon Sugar
• ¼ teaspoons Salt
• 1 cup Vegetable Oil
• ½ Tablespoons Sichuan Peppercorns
• 1 whole Clove
• 1 whole Cinnamon Stick
• ½ teaspoons Cumin
• 1 whole Star Anise
• 1 leaf Bay Leaf
• 4 pieces Sliced Ginger
• 1 clove Garlic Sliced Into 4 Small Pieces
• 1 spear Green Onion Sliced Half
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• FOR THE ASSEMBLY:
• 4 Tablespoons Just Made Chili Oil
• 1 Tablespoon Sesame Oil
• ½ Tablespoons Sugar
• 2 Tablespoons Soy Sauce
• 1 Tablespoon Vinegar

For the cooking：

1. Debone chicken thighs using scissors.

2. Put chicken thighs into a big pot of cold water, add cooking wine and 4 slices of ginger. Boil the water. Once it reaches a boil turn off the heat and leave the thighs inside for 8 minutes.

3. Remove the chicken from the pot and put it into a bowl of ice water to cool. Refrigerate chicken if you are going to let the chili oil sit overnight.

4. Prepare chili oil. Mix red chili powder, white sesame seeds, sugar and salt in a heatproof container. Set aside.

5. Put the vegetable oil into a saucepan. Add 1/2 tablespoon Sichuan pepper, 1 clove, 1 cinnamon stick, 1/2 teaspoon cumin, 1 star anise, 1 bay leaf, 4 slices of ginger, the sliced clove of garlic and sliced green onion into the vegetable oil. Turn on fire between medium and low heat and heat until garlic, green onion and ginger turn golden brown.

6. Take out garlic, green onion and ginger with chopsticks or anything your are comfortable with and continue heating the oil until it’s hot and wavy, takes about 5 minutes.

7. Filter the heated oil through a sieve into the red pepper mixture in step 4, a little at a time. Take about 3 times to do this. Do not pour it in all at once. Finally stir the mixture, preferably leave it overnight, so the taste of the red chili oil is more fragrant.

8. To prepare the dish: In a medium-sized bowl mix 4 tablespoons of chili oil made above, with 1 tablespoon of sesame oil, 1/2 tablespoon of sugar, 2 tablespoons of soy sauce and 1 tablespoon of white vinegar. That is the mouthwatering chicken sauce.

9. Slice the chicken thighs into pieces, skin side up, put into a large size plate and drip the sauce over it. That’s the mouthwatering chicken. It is a cold dish, by the way.

Hopefully, you will enjoy making this traditional chinese dish and have fun with it!