Ingredients
- Bang Bang Chicken
- 2 bone-in, skin-on chicken breasts or any other bone-in, skin-on piece
- 1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon white pepper
- 2 tablespoons Crispy Chile Oil (below)
- 1 tablespoon Chinese sesame paste
- 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 1/4 cup Chinese black vinegar or red wine vinegar
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 (1-inch) pieces fresh ginger, peeled and julienned
- Steamed rice; cooked Asian wheat noodles, soba noodles, or bean thread noodles; or shredded lettuce for serving
- 1 medium cucumber, peeled, seeded, and julienned
- 1/2 cup roasted peanuts, coarsely chopped (optional)
- 2 scallions, thinly sliced on a bias
- 1 cup cilantro leaves and tender stems, coarsely chopped
- Crispy Chile Oil
- 1 small shallot, sliced as thinly as you can (use a mandoline, if it helps)
- 1 large garlic clove, sliced as thinly as you can (use a mandoline, if it helps)
- 1 to 2 tablespoons red chile flakes (think 1 for medium heat, 2 for spicy heat)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup neutral oil, such as grapeseed
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