Chinese – style cooking methods for chicken:

Ingredients: Chicken breast, dried chili peppers, Sichuan peppercorns, peanuts, scallions, ginger, garlic, cooking wine, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, vinegar, sugar, starch, and vegetable oil.
Steps:
1. Cut the chicken breast into small cubes and put them in a bowl. Add cooking wine, light soy sauce, and a little starch, and mix well. Let it marinate for about 15 minutes.
2. Cut scallions into sections, ginger and garlic into small pieces. Heat oil in a pan, add peanuts and fry them until golden – brown. Then take out the peanuts and set them aside.
3. Leave some oil in the pan, add Sichuan peppercorns and stir – fry until fragrant. Then add dried chili peppers, scallion sections, ginger pieces, and garlic pieces, and stir – fry for a while.
4. Put the marinated chicken cubes into the pan and stir – fry over high heat until the chicken changes color. Add a little dark soy sauce to color the chicken, then add vinegar, sugar, and a little water, and stir – fry evenly.
5. Mix a little starch with water to make a starch solution, pour it into the pan, and stir – fry until the sauce thickens. Finally, add the fried peanuts and stir – fry evenly.

Ingredients: Chicken, dried mushrooms, scallions, ginger, garlic, star anise, cinnamon, cooking wine, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, rock sugar, salt, and vegetable oil.
Steps:
1. Soak the dried mushrooms in warm water until soft, then cut off the mushroom stalks and set them aside. Cut the chicken into large – sized pieces and blanch them in boiling water for a few minutes to remove the blood foam. Then take out the chicken and rinse it with clean water.
2. Heat oil in a pot, add scallions, ginger, garlic, star anise, and cinnamon, and stir – fry until fragrant.
3. Put the blanched chicken pieces into the pot and stir – fry evenly. Add an appropriate amount of cooking wine, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, and rock sugar, and continue to stir – fry to make the chicken evenly colored.
4. Add the soaked mushrooms and an appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil over high heat, then turn to low heat and simmer for about 40 minutes to 1 hour until the chicken is tender and the sauce thickens. Finally, add an appropriate amount of salt to taste.

Ingredients: Chicken thigh, basil leaves, scallions, ginger, garlic, cooking wine, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, rock sugar, sesame oil, and vegetable oil.
Steps:
1. Cut the chicken thigh into small pieces and put them in a bowl. Add a little cooking wine and light soy sauce, and mix well. Let it marinate for about 10 minutes.
2. Cut scallions into sections, ginger and garlic into small pieces. Heat oil in a pan, add scallion sections, ginger pieces, and garlic pieces, and stir – fry until fragrant.
3. Put the marinated chicken pieces into the pan and stir – fry over high heat until the chicken changes color. Add an appropriate amount of cooking wine, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, and rock sugar, and continue to stir – fry evenly.
4. Turn to low heat and simmer for about 15 minutes until the chicken is cooked through and the sauce thickens. Then add a handful of basil leaves and a little sesame oil, and stir – fry quickly to make the basil leaves fragrant.

These are some popular Chinese – style chicken recipes. You can adjust the seasonings and cooking time according to your own taste.