Black Pepper Chicken Recipe
And the moment you’ve all been waiting for – a recipe for black pepper chicken. If it’s well seasoned black pepper chicken is probably one of the best things you can find at any Chinese buffet. Normally thigh meat is used for this type of recipe but I decided to go with chicken breasts instead. If you enjoy dark meat chicken be sure to use boneless skinless chicken thighs! The sauce is truly outstanding, both black and white pepper and a little sake give it just the right amount of kick. There are also a few vegetables added to this recipe such as white onions, peas and carrots. Normally on the buffet tables they have white onions and green bell peppers and I have also seen celery in it before so just feel free to add whatever vegetables you like. You might want a little extra sauce to go with your rice, if so make sure to double or even triple the sauce depending on how much you want. Let me know how it turns out.
Ingredients:
1lb boneless skinless chicken breasts (or thighs)
6 tablespoons cornstarch (for dusting)
1 white onion (diced)
1 cup frozen peas and carrots
oil (for drying)
Sauce-
¼ cup oyster sauce
1 teaspoon soy sauce
1 teaspoon black pepper
½ teaspoon white pepper
1 teaspoon sake or rice wine
Cooking Instructions:
Step 1: Mix together all of the sauce ingredients in a bowl and set aside.
Step 2: Cut chicken into ½“cubes and dust chicken pieces with corn starch until fully coated.
Step 3: Deep fry (or fry in a wok) chicken in batches until golden brown. Drain on paper towels.
Step 4: Heat about 1 tablespoon of oil in the wok and stir fry diced onion for a minute or two. Add peas and carrots and stir fry for another minute. Add sauce mixture to the wok and heat until bubbling. Add chicken stirring to fully coat with the sauce. Serve with white rice.
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OMG, this recipe is to die for. I love your blog, I will definitely bookmark it and return, thanks a lot for the great recipes!
M’ drooling over your chicken;)
Very good one!
that’s my gurgling stomach you’re hearing ^_^
This is Grumpy’s favorite dish when we go out for Chinese - I’m so glad you posted this and it looks so easy to make!!
I’ve cooked similar dish like this.. but i’ve fried it together with sphagetti.. it taste really great!!!! together with Shitake mushrooms and asparagus.. hmmm.. NICE!
Chicken looking yummy…lovely pictures too
That chicken looks good. You can see all of the black pepper in it.
I love your recipes but need to find some sake. I read somewhere that this can be substituted by cider vinegar. Is that so?
I really was waiting for this recipe
My husband loves black pepper chicken. Can’t wait to make it for him at home.
Patrick Garry - Thanks, many more great recipes to come!
Vani - Thanks, It’s really good, you will love it.
rita - It needs some black pepper chicken
HoneyB - Thanks, its very easy to make. Let me know how it turns out.
Xing - Black pepper chicken with speghetti -sounds interesting!
Priti - Thanks for the compliments.
Kevin - Thanks.
Ivy - I’m sorry I’m not really sure about the cider vinegar. You can use rice wine or mirin in place of sake. I think KIKKOMAN makes it. If you can’t find any of those, I would recommend using any white wine with just a tiny bit of sugar in it. I hope this helps and let me know how you enjoy the recipe.
Kristen - Black pepper chicken really is amazing! I hope he likes it.
I almost had this for lunch today! I hadn’t tried it before - but I think I might try knocking this one up
If you weren’t going to use the oyster sauce, what would you replace it with?
Allyson - I would say there is no real replacement, the closest thing would be mushroom soy sauce or just regular soy sauce but its not going to taste the same.
i like the recipe but it is not like the black pepper chicken that i have had before. the chicken i have had seemed to have sugar or something to make taste it very sweet. it seemed to be caramelized or something. it is wonderful. the resturant has closed and i don’t know how to make it. can you hgelp