Szechuan Chicken Pasta
From busmamawilliams 15 years agoIngredients
- 8 ounces linguini or spaghetti shopping list
- 2 Tablespoons cooking oil shopping list
- 1 clove garlic; minced shopping list
- 1 teaspoon fresh ginger-root; grated shopping list
- 2 boneless chicken breasts ( 1 and 1/2 pounds total ); skinned & cut into 1-inch pieces shopping list
- 2 cups ( 4 ozs. ) fresh snow-pea pods; coarsely chopped shopping list
- 1 sweet red or green pepper; cut into thin strips shopping list
- 1 teaspoon chili oil ( recipe below ) shopping list
- 2 green onions; chopped shopping list
- 3 Tablespoons soy sauce shopping list
- 1 Tablespoon rice wine vinegar shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper shopping list
- 1/4 cup coarsely-chopped peanuts shopping list
How to make it
- The day before you're going to make this dish, make the chili-oil from recipe below.Cook linguini according to package directions; drain. Keep linguini warm. In a wok or large skillet, heat 1 Tbsp. of the cooking oil. Stir-fry the garlic & grated ginger-root for 30 seconds. Add half of the chicken; stir-fry for 1 minute. Add the pea-pods; stir-fry for 1 minute more. Remove mixture from wok. Add remaining oil to wok, if necessary. Stir-fry remaining chicken, sweet pepper & onions for 2 minutes. Return all to wok. In a bowl combine soy sauce, rice-wine vinegar, chili oil & crushed red pepper. Add this soy mixture & the warm pasta to the wok. Toss to heat evenly & serve with the chopped peanuts sprinkled on top.
- Homemade Chili Oil:
- In a small saucepan heat 1/2 cup sesame oil until warm (200 degrees). Remove from heat. Stir in 1/3 cup crushed red pepper. Cover & let stand several hours or overnight. Strain, pressing out oil with the back of a spoon. Store, covered, in the refrigerator.
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