Chong King Spicy Chicken

[MrRatbag]

Greetings all - new member and first time poster here, so I hope I'm making this post on the correct board.

I'm looking for a recipe for chong king (or chung king) spicy chicken. I've had this dish at a few Sichuan restaurants and so far haven't had any luck finding a recipe for it online. It looks to be a fairly simple dish, chicken, bell peppers, onions, garlic, chilies, but I have no idea on the seasonings that go into it. If anyone has a recipe, I'd love to hear it.

Thanks,

Chris

[alanbarnes]

Welcome!

The problem might be spelling. Try searching for "chongqing chicken recipe" - you'll get plenty of results. Here's the one that popped up at the top of the list; hopefully it's what you're looking for:

http://www.cuisine.com.au/recipe/chon...

[MrRatbag]

Yes! That looks like what I'm after. I'm going to have to give that a shot for dinner tomorrow night. Thanks so much!!

[bear]

Welcome to chowhound! If you do make it, please report back. I'd love a good recipe myself to christen my new wok after I season it.

[MrRatbag]

Just wanted to follow up after making dinner tonight. Taking the suggestion from alanbarnese, I did indeed find many recipes when searching for chongqing chicken". I ended up settling on this one:

http://lilyng2000.blogspot.com/2009/0...

It was great, exactly the sort of tongue numbing heat I was looking for. As this was my first go at it, I followed the recipe to the letter, however I think in the future I'll add onion and bell pepper, as that's how I'm used to having this dish in restaurants.

Incidently, I totally blanked on the fact that I have a sichuan cookbook, Land of Plenty by Fuchsia Dunlop. I just checked and there's a reciple for this, so I'll have to give that version a shot sometime as well.

Thanks again!

[Val]

From my limited experience with Fuchsia Dunlop's recipes, she does NOT disappoint! Her General Tso's chicken is out of this world, lots of heat and not sweet!... Would love to hear your review of her recipe for chongqing chicken, also!