Big Plate Chicken

Big Plate Chicken

Overview

Big plate chicken is a famous dish in Xinjiang. There are many theories about its origin, but the true origin has not been known yet. The main ingredients are chicken and potato cubes, cooked with other ingredients. The dishes are colorful, with smooth and spicy chicken and soft, sweet potatoes that are spicy and fragrant, thick and thin. The family version of chicken recipe shared with you today may not be authentic, but the taste is still very good. The same dish is cooked differently in different places. Another advantage of this dish is that you can mix different ingredients according to personal preference...

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Ingredients

Steps

  1. Four whole chicken wings, about 500g, cut into small pieces

    Big Plate Chicken step 1
  2. Boil water in a pot, add chicken pieces, add a spoonful of cooking wine and blanch for one minute. Then rinse and set aside

    Big Plate Chicken step 2
  3. Wash and peel the potatoes, then cut into small pieces. If you do not remove the pot in time, it is best to soak it in clean water to prevent it from turning black

    Big Plate Chicken step 3
  4. Remove the seeds from each green and red pepper and cut into small pieces

    Big Plate Chicken step 4
  5. Ingredients in the picture: four bay leaves, ten dried chilies cut into sections, one cinnamon bark, two star anise, appropriate amount of ginger slices, five cloves of garlic, appropriate amount of red pepper

    Big Plate Chicken step 5
  6. Add a little oil to the pot, add red peppercorns and stir-fry over low heat until fragrant, then take out the peppercorns

    Big Plate Chicken step 6
  7. Add a spoonful of bean paste to the pot and stir-fry over low heat until fragrant, stir-fry out the red oil

    Big Plate Chicken step 7
  8. Then add the five ingredients in the picture and stir-fry over low heat until fragrant

    Big Plate Chicken step 8
  9. Add the previously blanched chicken pieces, add one spoon of spicy sauce, two spoons of light soy sauce, and one spoon of dark soy sauce

    Big Plate Chicken step 9
  10. Stir-fry over low heat until browned

    Big Plate Chicken step 10
  11. Add the potato pieces, add an appropriate amount of water at one time, and add a little pepper

    Big Plate Chicken step 11
  12. After ten minutes, when the sauce becomes thicker and thinner, add green and red pepper cubes and continue to simmer for another minute

    Big Plate Chicken step 12
  13. Finally add a little salt and chicken powder to enhance the flavor

    Big Plate Chicken step 13
  14. Finished product pictures

    Big Plate Chicken step 14