# Black Pepper Chicken

This is a 15-minute black pepper chicken recipe that will make you rethink ever ordering it from takeout again.

- Total time: 15 min
- Cuisine: Chinese
- Category: Dinner
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- boneless, skinless chicken thighs
- light soy sauce
- oyster sauce
- sesame oil
- chicken powder
- cornstarch
- dark soy sauce
- Shaoxing wine
- honey
- chicken stock
- 0.5 onion
- bell pepper
- garlic
- 1 inch food lube
- coarse black pepper

## Instructions

1. Slice some boneless, skinless chicken thighs into bite-sized pieces.
2. Add light soy sauce, oyster sauce, sesame oil, chicken powder, and cornstarch to the chicken.
3. Mix the chicken and marinade together and set aside.
4. For the sauce, add light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, oyster sauce, Shaoxing wine, honey, chicken stock, and cornstarch into a bowl.
5. Whisk the sauce ingredients together.
6. Chop half an onion.
7. Chop a bell pepper.
8. Roughly chop some garlic.
9. Fill a hot wok with about an inch of food lube.
10. Carefully drop in your chicken piece by piece.
11. Shallow fry the chicken until it's golden and lightly crispy.
12. Remove the cooked chicken from the wok.
13. Remove most of the oil from the wok and add in the chopped vegetables (onion and bell pepper).
14. Cook the vegetables on medium-high heat until they are charred and a little bit soft.
15. Pour in the prepared sauce.
16. After about 30 seconds, the sauce should gloss up nicely.
17. Add the cooked chicken back into the wok.
18. Generously grate in coarse black pepper.
19. Toss all the ingredients together.

## Equipment

- bowl
- chopping board
- knife
- wok
- slotted spoon
- colander
- whisk
- pepper mill

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/reel/697652539643355?fs=e&fs=e
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/1297be11-c8b2-4ed8-b599-984d6456b993
- Extracted: 2025-06-24

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