Blogwatch: Sichuan 'Popcorn' Chicken
Beijing-based blogger and cooking instructor Diana Kuan, of Appetite for China, shares her recipe for Sichuan favorite laji jiding. Chicken pieces are shallow-fried for some serious crunch, before being stir-fried in a pungent sauce containing—yikes—eight to ten dried chilis and a handful of Sichuan peppercorns.
Diana describes the crispy, spicy chicken dish as a "more sophisticated version of kung pao chicken"; my cohort Tam calls it "a lip-numbing form of popcorn chicken." Kung pao popcorn chicken—how can you go wrong? (KFC, take note.)
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7 Comments:
Sign me up for a bowl! I love spicy Sichuan dishes and cannot find any that are spicy and flavorful enough for me. I will have to try this.
SayWhat at 11:48AM on 12/04/08
OH MY GOD I am hungry now.
Sichuan food = best everrr.
roboppy at 12:06PM on 12/04/08
Wow, that looks good and sounds even better! I always order Sichuan dishes "extra spicy" and yet they're never spicy enough. My stomach is growling, and sad that it is not being filled with spicy popcorn chicken.
holdthemayo at 12:34PM on 12/04/08
this looks delicious...@SayWhat - i concur, never spicy enough and tend to be on the greasy side!
its even worse when you just can't find decent Asian cuisine, at all. Yay Dallas.
natemcguire at 12:39PM on 12/04/08
yum yum yummy. Some foods are totally worth the stomach cramps.
juliebugsmama at 12:53PM on 12/04/08
This looks fabulous,I know what we are having for dinner
peggy1116 at 6:42AM on 12/05/08
I'm going to try to make this tonight! I love kung pao chicken and there's none around here. :(
omarac at 7:07PM on 12/05/08