Chinese Cold Chicken Breast

凉拌鸡胸肉

First part of this video: link

Roughly 400grams of chicken.

Prepare the chicken:

• First, cut the chicken. Relatively thin strips.
• Next, take some baking soda, dissolve it in water, and soak the chicken in the baking soda water for 15 minutes.
• After soaking, drain it and rinse with COLD water. Use a paper towel to absorb any lingering moisture.
• Next, season the chicken with some salt, white pepper (白胡椒粉), scallion sections (葱段), ginger and soy sauce(生抽). Mix those all together.
• After mixing lightly by hand, add some potato starch or other starch. Add some oil.

Prepare the sauce:

• Lots of minced garlic
• Lots of spicy chinese chilis (any kind, just bring it on)
• Scallion greens (葱花)
• Sesame seeds

Now, heat up some oil. When it’s hot, add it to that saucy mix.

• Add some more soy sauce(生抽).
• Add a tad bit of oyster sauce (蚝油).
• Add some sugar.
• Add some sesame sauce
• Add a tad bit of chinese vinegar (陈醋)

Now, we need to actually cook the chicken.

Bring a wok of water to boil. When it boils, put it to medium and put the chicken in one piece at a time. Flip the chicken pieces as they boil.

Overall, you just need to let them cook for about 2-3 minutes.

Drain, put on a plate, and drizzle that sauce on top. It should be good to go!