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Posted on 12th Jul 2025

Mala Chicken (Firecracker Chicken)

A classic Sichuan Chicken stir fry recipe with smoky, spicy flavours

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Time

25 mins mins

Servings

2 people people

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Ingredients

  • 2 Chicken thighs, skinless and boneless

MARINADE

  • 6 slices ginger

  • 1 stalk spring onion cut in sections

  • 1 teaspoon light soy sauce

  • 1 teaspoon Shaoxing rice wine

  • 1 tsp sesame oil

  • 1/4 teaspoon sugar

  • 1 pinch ground white pepper

  • Pinch of cornstarch

FOR STIR FRY

  • 50 ml cooking oil

  • 30 g dried chillies or to taste

  • 1 teaspoon whole Sichuan peppercorn

  • 8 slices ginger

  • 4 cloves garlic sliced

  • 1 tsp dark soy sauce

  • 1 teaspoon light soy sauce

  • 1 pinch sugar

  • 1 teaspoon Shaoxing rice wine

  • 1 teaspoon toasted sesame seeds

  • 1 stalk spring onion finely chopped

  • Fresh chillis finely chopped

Method

  • Cut the chicken into bite-size cubes and prepare your marinade ingredients by chopping thick slices of the spring onion and ginger. Prepare your Wok Clock: on one side place the garlic (big chunks so it doesn't burn too quickly) and thick slices of ginger. On the other side of the Wok Clock place your garnish: thin sliced spring onion and finely sliced chilli. Place the dried whole chillis at 12-o-clock and the crushed Sichuan peppercorns at 6-o-clock.

  • Mix the chicken with all the marinade ingredients and leave to marinate for 20 minutes (or longer if you wish). Remember to move the ginger and spring onion before frying.

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