Big plate chicken
Big plate chicken, from above
Non vegXinjiang

Big plate chicken

A heaped platter of spicy chicken and potatoes, with noodles hiding underneath to mop it all up.

70 minTime
45 gProtein each
hotSpice
One big plate2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayChicken, potatoes and chillies on hand pulled noodles.
The original
680kcalsame
45 gproteinsame
6 gfibresame
70minutessame

Da pan ji, Xinjiang's big plate chicken.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

5 servings
Chicken, curry cut (bone in chicken, small pieces)900 g bone in pieces
Cooking oil (vegetable oil)3 tbsp
Sugar1 tbsp
Dried red chilli12, snipped
Sichuan peppercorn1 tsp
Star anise2
Whole spices1 cinnamon stick, 2 bay leaves
Gingera thumb, sliced
Garlic6 cloves
Doubanjiang2 tbsp
Soy sauce2 tbsp
Dark soy sauce2 tsp
Potato3 large, in chunks
Capsicum (green capsicum, green bell pepper)1 green and 1 red, in pieces
Onion1, in wedges
Water3 cups
Wheat noodles300 g wide flat noodles
Saltto taste

Method

5 steps
  1. 1Heat the oil with the sugar until it turns amber, then add the chicken and fry until golden.
  2. 2Add the chillies, Sichuan pepper, star anise, cinnamon, bay, ginger and garlic, then the doubanjiang. Stir for a minute.
  3. 3Pour in the soy sauces and water, add the potatoes, cover and simmer for 25 minutes.
  4. 4Add the capsicum and onion and cook 5 minutes more, uncovered. Season.
  5. 5Boil the noodles, drain and spread them on a big platter. Pour the chicken and all the sauce on top.
Serve it like this

Spread noodles on a large platter, pour the chicken and potatoes over with all the sauce, and put it in the middle of the table to share.

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What goes with Big plate chicken: a bread or rice, a side, something to drink and something sweet.

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With a main Cumin lamb25 min
On the side Smashed cucumber salad15 min
On the side Fish fragrant brinjal35 min
To drink Kokum sharbat25 min
Something sweet Tang yuan45 min
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