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The key to Chinese cooking is to find the perfect contrast between color, texture, flavors, and aromas to achieve the perfect balance.

Mandarin chicken is typically a Northern dish that usually combines the fusion of rustic flavors and the refinement of elegance and light aromatic ingredients.

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Ingredients

• 1 lb skinless and boneless chicken
• 2 red chili’s minced
• 2 cups peanut oil
• 1 teaspoon peppercorns
• 1/2 cup peanuts
• 3 garlic cloves
• 3 scallions, chopped finely
• 2/3 cup chicken stock-or Chinese chicken stock
• 1 Tbsp Soy sauce
• 1 Tsp brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon rice vinegar
• 1 1/2 Tsp cornstarch

Sauce

• 1 Tbsp rice wine
• 1 Tbsp Soy sauce
• 1/2 tsp sea salt
• 1 tsp cornstarch

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In a bowl, combines all of the marinade ingredients, along with the chicken and let it marinade for 2 hours in the refrigerator.

• Using a wok, heat oil until it smokes.
• Add chili’s and pepper in a wire basket or spider and fry in oil for 1 minute. Put to the side.
• Add chicken and cook until cooked through.
• Add peanuts in a spider or handheld drainer and fry for 3 minutes. Remove and drain on paper-towel.
• Using a slotted spoon, remove the chicken form the oil and drain.
• Drain the oil from the wok leaving 4 tablespoons.
• Add ginger, onions, and garlic and cook for 30 seconds.
• Add the chicken back to the pan along with the chili’s and peppercorns and cook for 2  minutes.
• In a steel bowl, mix together the  stock, soy sauce, rice vinegar, sugar, and cornstarch. Add to the wok along with the peanuts.
• Bring the mixture to an boil and then set on low heat for 2 minutes.

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Serves 4 people.

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