Many readers have probably heard of a dish that has long been the face of Chinese cuisine - Peking duck. Of course, this dish is incredibly tasty, but it takes several long hours to cook the duck. Another thing is a Peking chicken recipe. It will take you less than an hour to cook the chicken; this is a great quick recipe for a delicious dinner.
Peking Chicken Recipe in Sweet and Sour Sauce
Just like a duck, we suggest you cook a delicious chicken with pineapples. With them, the chicken turns out to be sweet, juicy, soft. The taste gamut of chicken is fully revealed with the most popular oriental sauce - soy, as well as with the simplest, but fragrant spices.
To cook chicken, you will also need a deep fat-bottom pan. Great if you have a wok. You can also use a cauldron for a good frying of meat.
Ingredients
To make dinner according to our Peking chicken recipe at home, you will need:
- 500 g of chicken;
- 2 bell peppers;
- 1 can of canned pineapple;
- soy sauce;
- frying oil;
- 2 tbsp. l starch;
- 1 tbsp. l flour;
- 2 tbsp. l ketchup;
- 1 tbsp. l apple cider vinegar;
- 2 tbsp. l honey;
- 30 g ginger root
- bunch of green onions.
Since soy sauce is salty, you don’t need salt. But you can add pepper to taste. You can replace canned pineapples with fresh. Separately, it is worth mentioning about honey: it can be replaced with sugar or, if you use canned pineapples in their Beijing chicken recipe, their syrup.
Preparing and frying meat
Let's start cooking Peking chicken. The recipe is very simple, and even a person who begins to learn the world of cooking will surely cope with it.
Cooking begins with chicken breast. Rinse it thoroughly and dry it on paper or kitchen waffle towels. Remove the film, grease and, if any, bones. Cut the fillet into not too small pieces. Remember that during frying, the chicken is greatly reduced in size. Put the pieces in a deep glass or enamel bowl, pour it with soy sauce so that it covers the pieces a little, and leave it in the refrigerator for an hour and a half. Soy sauce will soften and soak the pieces before frying.
After an hour and a half, add 1 tbsp in a bowl with chicken. l starch, 1 tbsp. l flour and mix thoroughly. Mix well so that all the pieces are covered with batter.
Heat oil in a pan. For roasting, you can use both lean and vegetable. Most often, cooks mix vegetable and olive in a 1: 1 ratio. Oil for frying needs a lot to completely cover the fillet pieces. For this, it is better to use a wok or cauldron, and a deep fryer is also suitable.
In small portions, lay out the pieces of meat in hot oil, fry them, turning every 3-5 minutes, until fully cooked.
Put the prepared portions of the fillet on a dry clean plate, let the oil drain. At the bottom of the plate, you can put several napkins or paper towels.
Sweet and sour sauce
Further, according to a Beijing recipe for chicken, you need to prepare the sauce. Combine a deep frying pan with oil. Warm it up.
Peppers and rinses remove seeds and remove white partitions. Cut it into large squares, put in a pan and fry, without stopping stirring. 2-3 minutes are enough for him. Peppers should be juicy, crispy, and not soft and boiling.
Peel the ginger root and grate it on a fine grater, transfer to a pan. Send the pieces of pineapple, cut into small squares, too. Add with them apple cider vinegar and half a glass of boiled water. As we said, you can also use pineapple syrup instead of honey. If you still use water, then add 2 tbsp. l sugar or honey. Mix everything thoroughly and simmer for 2-3 minutes. Add a small finely chopped clove of garlic for a piquant flavor. It will not affect the taste, but it will complement the appetizing aroma not bad.
Add a few tablespoons of ketchup or tomato paste to the sauce. Thicken the sauce with a tablespoon of starch. Stir the ingredients thoroughly. All that is left to complete the Peking chicken recipe is to add the filet fried in oil.
Put the chicken in the sauce, gently mix it with the contents of the pan so that the sauce completely saturates the fillet. Reduce the heat, cover the dish and let it cool for a few minutes.
Innings
That's all, the Peking chicken is ready. It remains only to beautifully arrange the portion and serve. Traditionally, white square plates are used to serve Chinese dishes. Put a little side dish in the center (rice and vegetable salad are great) and a delicious chicken. Sprinkle the dish with a green finely chopped onion. It is convenient to eat the dish with both a fork and chopsticks.
Here's a simple Peking chicken recipe. Cook, surprise your family with mouth-watering Chinese dishes. Good appetite!