Hunan Chicken Recipe (Not your average brown sauce!)

Hunan chili peppers

🥗Healthier: mild chili peppers

💰Cheaper: red pepper flakes

Mild chili peppers reduce heat while maintaining flavor.

soy sauce

🥗Healthier: low-sodium soy sauce

💰Cheaper: tamari

Low-sodium soy sauce reduces salt intake.

chicken

🥗Healthier: tofu

💰Cheaper: seitan

Tofu provides a plant-based alternative.

black bean sauce

🥗Healthier: miso paste

💰Cheaper: soy sauce

Miso paste offers umami flavor with fewer calories.

Marinate chicken for 15 minutes or overnight.

Heat wok until very hot.

Add marinated chicken to the wok and sear until browned, about 30 seconds on each side.

Remove chicken and set aside in a bowl.

Toast dried Hunan chili peppers in the flavored oil in the wok.

Add fermented black beans and toast until fragrant.

Add garlic, leeks, and ginger to the wok and stir quickly to avoid burning.

Return chicken to the wok along with any juices.

Add sauce ingredients and stir to combine, cooking on high heat until sauce is mostly evaporated and everything is coated.

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