Mortar and Pestle
MAKO Black Steel 
Just as Delicious
400g (14 oz) chicken thigh fillets, cut into bite-sized pieces
½ cup corn flour (cornstarch)
1 onion, diced
1 red capsicum, deseeded and diced
vegetable oil for shallow frying, plus 1 tbsp extra
Black pepper sauce:
1 tbsp whole Sichuan peppercorns
1 tbsp whole black peppercorns
¼ cup oyster sauce
2 tbsp Chinese Shaoxing wine
1 tsp sweet dark soy sauce
Marinade:
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 garlic clove, finely grated
Combine the chicken with the marinade ingredients. Set aside for later.
Place the Sichuan peppercorns in a dry frying pan over high heat. Cook, shaking the pan, for 2 minutes or until the peppercorns are fragrant and just starting to smoke. Transfer to a mortar along with the black peppercorns. Grind to a fine powder.
Mix 1 tbsp of the peppercorn powder with the oyster sauce, Shaoxing wine and sweet dark soy sauce. Keep the remaining peppercorn powder in an air-tight container and use to season anything from pan-fried chicken to grilled prawns.
Add about a centimetre of oil to the base of a wok or frying pan over high heat. When the oil is hot, toss half the marinated chicken in the corn flour and cook in the oil for 3-4 minutes or until golden and cooked through. Drain on paper towel. Repeat with the remaining chicken and flour.
Heat the 1 tablespoon of oil in a large wok or frying pan over high heat. Add the onion and capsicum and stir-fry for a minute. Add the chicken and the peppercorn sauce and stir-fry until well combined. Serve immediately.
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Beyond Amazing
We eat this often and it’s ALWAYS delicious! We toss in mushrooms or even broccoli when we have it and it’s still amazing! Every single time. It’s a house favorite!
Great recipe
I don’t leave reviews but I’ve made this for the 4th time in 6 months which I never normally do!
Great easy recipe when you are craving these sorts of flavours.
Also quite customisable if you want to swap in your veg / carbs with similar. This evening I swapped pepper for green beans / tender stem broccoli and the carbs for these fresh twirly chewy pasta from freezer as I had no rice and it was gooood!