Recipe: Chicken in black pepper sauce

Add a touch of Chinese flavour to your dinner menu tonight with my quick and easy recipe for Chicken in Black Pepper Sauce. I guarantee you will love it!

For the chicken:

Chicken pieces 1 cup

Garlic paste 1 tsp

Soya sauce 1 tbsp

Flour 3 tbsp

Baking powder ½ tsp

Black pepper

Salt

Oil for frying

For the black pepper sauce:

Garlic paste 2 tsp

Oil 2 tbsp

Black pepper 1 and ½ tbsp

Salt (to taste)

Sugar 1 tsp


Soya sauce 3 tbsp

Soya sauce 3 tbsp

Corn flour 2-3 tbsp

Chicken powder 1 tbsp

Sesame oil 1 tbsp

Water 2-4 tbsp

Method

•  Marinate the boneless chicken pieces in salt, black pepper, garlic paste, soy sauce, flour and baking powder for about an hour.

•  Once marinated, deep fry the chicken until it becomes golden brown.

•  In a separate wok, add the oil and garlic paste and sauté on medium flame until golden brown. Add sugar to the mixture and once it melts, add the chicken stock and cook until the mixture simmers.

•  In another bowl, mix corn flour, chicken powder, salt, soya sauce, black pepper and pour over the boiling chicken stock, stirring constantly to avoid lumps.

•  Once the sauce is cooked and thickened, add the boneless chicken pieces to the wok and turn off the flame.

•  Pour sesame oil into the dish and stir thoroughly. Your dish is now ready.

•  Serve with egg-fried or vegetable rice.

Arooj Waqar runs a Facebook cooking page called Mona’s Kitchen and aspires to convert her passion for cooking into a career

Published in The Express Tribune, Ms T, November 3^rd, 2013.