Chilli Chicken Asian Style

I made this yesterday and it was sooooo gooooddddd!!

• 3 Boned chicken breast
• ½ cup Cashew nuts or peanut, fried
• 20 g Dried red chilies
• Frying oil
• 1 tbsp Szechuan red pepper corns (didnt have it so didnt use it)
• 1 stalk Spring onion

Marinade:

• 1 Egg
• 3 tbsp Corn starch
• 1 tsp Salt

Sauce:

• 1 tbsp Dark soya sauce
• ½ tsp Jiafan rice wine (didnt have it so didnt use it)
• ¼ tsp Mined garlic (used powdered garlic)
• ½ tsp Sesame oil (didnt have it so didnt use it)
• ¼ tsp Sugar
• ½ tsp Rice vinegar (didnt have it so didnt use it)
• ½ tsp Salt
• 1 cup Cornstarchy solution (1 cup water, chicken bullion, 2 tbsp corn start)

Cut the chicken into 1" cubes. Mix with marinade for 30 minutes. In a small bowl, place all the ingredients for the sauce and mix well. Heat some oil in wok to 205C/400F. Add chicken and fry 30 seconds. Remove chicken and drain off all but 1 tablespoon oil. Heat oil and fry chiles until fragrant. Add pepper corn and spring onion, stirring and tossing together. Pour this on top of the fried chicken. Add sauce mixture to wok and cook, stirring with whisk, just until thickened. Remove from heat, pour on chicken and then sprinkle with nuts.

Fried Duck Asian Style

made this yesterday with a whole duck and was a hit!

ingredients:

1 duck (4 pounds),disjointed

2 tablespoons flour

2 tablespoons cornstarch

1 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon pepper

3 tablespoons oil

2 cups thinly sliced scallions

1 tablespoon minced ginger root

2 minced garlic cloves

4 tablespoons soy sauce

4 tablespoons sherry (i used red wine, but sherry should be better)
1/2 cup chicken broth or water

How to:

Remove as much fat as possible from the duck.
Roll in a mixture of the flour, cornstarch, salt, and pepper.
Heat the oil in a deep skillet; brown the duck in it.
Pour off the fat.
Add the scallions, ginger, and garlic; cookfor 2 minutes, stirring frequently.
Add the soy sauce, sherry, Ac'cent, broth or water.
Cover and cook over low heat 1 hour or until duck is tender and all the liquid is absorbed.