# Black Pepper Chicken

This 15-minute black pepper chicken 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, sliced into bite-sized pieces
- light soy sauce
- oyster sauce
- sesame oil
- chicken powder
- cornstarch
- dark soy sauce
- shaoxing wine
- honey
- chicken stock
- 0.5 onion, roughly chopped
- 1 bell pepper, roughly chopped
- garlic, roughly chopped
- 1 inch food lube
- coarse black pepper, grated

## Instructions

1. Start by slicing boneless skinless chicken thighs into bite-sized pieces and placing them into a bowl.
2. Add light soy sauce, oyster sauce, sesame oil, chicken powder, and cornstarch to the chicken.
3. Mix the chicken mixture and set it aside.
4. Prepare the sauce by combining light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, oyster sauce, shaoxing wine, honey, chicken stock, and cornstarch.
5. Roughly chop half an onion and a bell pepper.
6. Roughly chop some garlic.
7. Fill a hot wok with about an inch of food lube.
8. Carefully drop in the chicken piece by piece.
9. Shallow fry the chicken until it's golden and lightly crispy.
10. Remove the chicken from the wok.
11. Remove most of the oil from the wok and add in the chopped vegetables.
12. Cook the vegetables on medium-high heat until they are charred and a little soft.
13. Pour in the prepared sauce.
14. After about 30 seconds, the sauce should gloss up nicely.
15. Add the chicken back into the wok.
16. Grate in a generous amount of coarse black pepper.
17. Toss everything together.

## Equipment

- bowl
- wok

## Tips

- To minimize waste when cutting a bell pepper, cut off the top, rip off the hair, and pull out the guts.

## Source

- Original video: https://youtube.com/shorts/lsFzhgDpUXw?si=Ro-ySqNmSimdXlT3
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/d478eca7-2896-4708-93ad-16ecb35d1a6c
- Extracted: 2026-05-22

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