Crispy Chinese-Style Chicken with Soy-Oyster Sauce

Ingredients

• 500 g chicken
• 0.5 tsp salt
• 0.5 tsp black pepper (For the chicken)
• 3 tbsp cornflour (For the chicken coating)
• 1 egg
• 0.5 tsp garlic (Chopped)
• 0.5 tsp ginger (Chopped)
• onion (Diced)
• red chillies (Optional; quantity not stated)
• 1 tbsp cornflour (For the sauce)
• 0.333 cup water
• 2 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tbsp Mama Sita’s oyster sauce
• 0.5 tsp black pepper (For the sauce)
• 0.5 tsp chicken powder
• spring onions (Added at the end; quantity not stated)
• oil (For frying; amount not stated)

Steps

1. 1

   Place the chicken in a bowl. Add the salt, ½ teaspoon black pepper, cornflour, and egg, then mix to coat the chicken and marinate it.

2. 2

   Heat oil for frying. Fry the coated chicken until golden and crispy, then remove it from the oil.

3. 3

   Sauté the chopped garlic and ginger with the diced onion and optional red chillies.

4. 4

   Meanwhile, mix the sauce cornflour, water, soy sauce, oyster sauce, ½ teaspoon black pepper, and chicken powder together.

5. 5

   Add the fried chicken to the sautéed aromatics.

6. 6

   Pour in the mixed sauce and toss everything together until the chicken is well coated.

7. 7

   Add the spring onions, then serve.

Notes

The source does not specify quantities for the diced onion, optional red chillies, or spring onions, nor the amount of frying oil. It also gives no frying temperature or cooking duration.

Nutrition per serving

• main
• chicken
• crispy
• stir-fried
• spicy
• Chinese-inspired