This black pepper chicken is made with slices of tender chicken breast, onions, and bell pepper. It's an easy stir fry that takes less than 30 minutes, and it is super flavorful and quite addictive! Perfect with a bowl of steamed white rice or try it with our egg fried rice.
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Cook Time15 minutesmins
Total Time25 minutesmins
Yield: 3servings
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Ingredients
For the chicken:
20ouncesskinless boneless chicken breastcut into ¼ inch slices (about 2 chicken breasts)
Oilas needed for cooking (any neutral oil is fine)
Instructions
Marinate the chicken:Combine the sliced chicken breast, water, shaoxing rice wine, salt, and baking soda in to a mixing bowl. Mix well until the chicken has absorb most of the liquid
Add the cornstarch and mix until the chicken is well evenly coated. Following, add the oil and mix until well combined. Set aside as you prepare the rest of the ingredients. If you have time, allow the chicken to marinate for 30 minutes or even overnight in the fridge.
Make the black pepper chicken:In a wok or sauté pan over medium to medium high heat, add enough oil to generously coat the bottom of the pan. Once the oil is hot, add the marinated chicken and cook on both sides until the chicken is cooked through. Remove from the wok/pan and set aside. *Make sure to not overcrowd the pan and cook the chicken in small batches if necessary. Do separate the chicken so that each piece gets evenly cooked. Also, this chicken doesn't need to have much color. Pale yellow is perfectly fine.*
Once the chicken is cooked, leave about 1 tablespoon of oil in the pan and drain the excess. Keeping at medium high heat, add the butter and allow it to melt. Stir as needed.
When the butter has melted, add the minced garlic and stir fry until fragrant, about 15 to 30 seconds.
Add the onion and bell pepper and stir fry for 30 seconds to 1 minute, until the veggies are evenly coated and fragrant.
Return the chicken to the pan and give it a brief stir fry to combine. Drizzle the shaoxing rice wine around the pan and stir fry until alcohol is cooked off and smells fragrant, about 30 seconds.
Season the chicken with black pepper, salt, sugar, chicken bouillon powder, and msg. Immediately toss and stir fry to distribute the seasonings evenly, about 30 seconds to 1 minute.*If you prefer, mix together the black pepper, salt, sugar, chicken bouillon powder, and msg, so that you can add all the seasonings at one time.*
Transfer the black pepper to a serving plate and enjoy while hot!
Notes
Please refer to the post above for step by step photo reference, tips, storage info, and FAQs!
MSG - This is totally optional if you prefer not using it. We added msg because it gives the dish an extra boost of flavor. Feel free to substitute it for more chicken bouillon powder or a little more salt.
Salt - If you prefer heavily seasoned flavors, we recommend increasing the salt to 1 teaspoon per recipe. It will also make this black pepper chicken a great beer snack!