General Tso's Chicken Iii

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3/4 lb boneless chicken breast
• 2 teaspoons dark soy sauce
• 2 teaspoons rice wine or 2 teaspoons dry sherry
• 1 teaspoon gingerroot, finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon cornstarch
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil
• 1/3 cup peanut oil
• 2 dried red chilies, cut in half lengthwise
• 1 tablespoon orange rind, coarsely chopped or 2 teaspoons dried citrus peel, soaked and coarsely chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon roasted sichuan peppercorn, finely ground
• 2 teaspoons dark soy sauce
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil

Recipe

• 1 cut chicken into thin slices, 2 inches long, cutting against the grain.
• 2 put it into a bowl together with the soy sauce, rice wine, ginger, cornstarch and 1 tsp sesame oil.
• 3 mix well, let mixture marinate for about 20 minutes.
• 4 heat the oil in a wok or large skillet until i t is very hot. remove the chicken from the marinade with a slotted spoon.
• 5 add it to the pan and stir-fry it for 2 minutes until it browns.
• 6 remove it and leave to drain in a colander or sieve. pour off most of the oil, leaving about 2 tsp.
• 7 reheat the pan over a high heat and add the dried chilies.
• 8 stir-fry them for 10 seconds, then return the chicken to the pan.
• 9 add the rest of the ingredients and stir-fry for 4 minutes, mixing well.
• 10 serve immediately over rice.