Smoky hot shredded chicken with cayenne

Smoky hot shredded chicken with cayenne is a dry chicken variety prepared with hot sauce. I tried this chicken in a famous Chinese restaurant Sichuan Gourmet. There is no exact similarity to the name and the ingredients used in the recipe. Cayenne is not a hot chili pepper when compare to other peppers, but the restaurant may be using the name to communicate how spicy this dish can be, with dried red peppers. My hubby tried this recipe with his colleagues. Then he took us to the restaurant and let us to try the same recipe. We all addicted to this chicken recipe. I researched the recipe and tried that, it came out well. This is very easy to prepare and a best choice for large quantity.

Ingredients for Smoky hot shredded chicken with cayenne

Chicken – 1 kg (Boneless skinless thighs)
Egg – 2
All purpose flour – 1 tbs
Corn flour – 1.5 tbs
Chilli powder – 1 tbs
Szechuan sauce – 1.5 tbs
Long pepper – 2
Red Chili flakes as needed (optional)
Salt as needed
Oil for pan frying

Directions

Prepare Chicken

Clean the chicken and slice the chicken into thin strips.
Add the chicken into a mixing bowl.
Crack the eggs into the bowl.
Add corn flour, all purpose flour, chilli powder and salt.
Mix everything well and let the mixture to rest for at least 30 minutes.

Fry Chicken

Heat a pan in medium flame and add oil.
Add the chicken to the pan.
Fry the chicken in medium high flame.
Take out the chicken when completely cooked (Don’t fry the chicken crispy).

Prepare smoky hot chicken

Cut the long pepper into round size slices.
Add the pepper into the same pan.
Stir the peppers for 30 seconds.
Add the Szechuan Sauce and mix well with peppers.
Add the pan fried chicken to the pan again.
Toss until all the sauce coated well over the chicken.
Switch off the flame.
Smoky hot shredded chicken with cayenne is ready.

Notes

I don’t use chicken breast for any recipe because of it’s taste but If you like the taste, you may use breast pieces for this recipe.
I used Kashmiri chilli for the Szechuan sauce, you may use smoky flavored chilli for Chinese touch.