Laziji

Name: Laziji
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 600g chicken thighs, cut into small pieces; 60g dried red chillies, cut into sections; 2 tbsp Sichuan peppercorns; 4 garlic cloves and 2cm ginger, sliced; Soy sauce, Shaoxing wine and cornflour, for the marinade; Sesame seeds and spring onion; Oil for frying

辣子鸡/lah-dzuh JEE/

Also known as: La Zi Ji, Chongqing Chicken, Sichuan Chilli Chicken, Chongqing Dry Chilli Chicken

About this dish

Crispy fried chicken pieces tossed with a mountain of dried red chillies and Sichuan peppercorns, picked out of the chillies with chopsticks.

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Ingredients

🍗600g chicken thighs, cut into small pieces

🌶️60g dried red chillies, cut into sections

🌶️2 tbsp Sichuan peppercorns

🧄4 garlic cloves and 2cm ginger, sliced

🫙Soy sauce, Shaoxing wine and cornflour, for the marinade

🌰Sesame seeds and spring onion

🛢️Oil for frying

Method

Serves 2

Marinate the chicken with soy, wine and cornflour.

Deep-fry until golden, then fry again until very crisp.

Pour off most of the oil and fry the garlic, ginger and Sichuan pepper.

Add the chillies and stir until fragrant but not burnt.

Toss in the chicken with sesame seeds and spring onion and serve.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Laziji is from Chongqing, where the town of Geleshan is said to be its home; the chillies are for fragrance, not for eating.

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