La Zi Ji
About La Zi Ji - Guizhou Cuisine
Guizhou Spicy Chicken is a rare and delicious dish in Guizhou cuisine, originating from Guizhou. It is mainly made into hot and sour dishes, and uses fermentation for seasoning. It has rich flavors and is good at stir-frying, stewing, steaming and mixing. It is a homely taste in the hearts of local people.
Ingredients
- Chicken thigh 500g
- Dried chili 50g
- Zanthoxylum bungeanum 20g
- Onion and ginger appropriate amount
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- Cooking wine 1 spoon
- A little sugar
- White sesame seeds appropriate amount
- Starch appropriate amount
- Edible oil 500ml
Instructions
- 1. Debone the chicken legs and cut into 2cm pieces, add salt, cooking wine, light soy sauce and starch, mix well and marinate for 20 minutes
- 2. Cut the dried chilies into sections and prepare the Sichuan peppercorns; mince the onions, ginger and garlic.
- 3. Add more oil to the pot and heat it until it is 60% hot, add the chicken pieces and fry until golden and crispy, take it out
- 4. Leave a little oil in the pot and stir-fry the dried chili segments and Sichuan peppercorns over low heat until fragrant.
- 5. Add the fried chicken pieces, sprinkle with green onions and sesame seeds, stir quickly over high heat and remove from the pan
Cultural Notes
The soul of Guizhou cuisine is sour and spicy. Guizhou people often say that if they don’t eat sour food for three days, they will walk in webs. Guizhou cuisine makes good use of fermented seasonings such as sour soup and bad chili peppers, and delicacies such as fish in sour soup and silk dolls demonstrate Guizhou people’s ultimate pursuit of hot and sour flavors. Guizhou spicy chicken is a household name in Guizhou. It is a must-have dish at festivals and family gatherings and is the epitome of Guizhou cuisine food culture.