Daqian chicken recipe

Marinate the chicken in a bowl with salt, half the corn flour and a dash of water.

In another bowl, add the soy sauce, sugar, Chinese vinegar, pepper, stock and the other half of the corn flour. Mix until a paste forms.

Place a wok over very high heat and add the oil, dried chilli and Sichuan pepper. Stir-fry for 30 seconds.

Add the chicken and stir-fry for 2 minutes or until the chicken is cooked.

Add the chilli paste, garlic, ginger, capsicum and fresh chilli, and stir-fry for a further 2-3 minutes.

Add the paste and shallots and stir-fry for a further minute.

Serve immediately.