Juicy Black Pepper Chicken

(by Shuvra Ghatak)

As Verity (Fellow IMD Partner and Mom –to –be from England) mentions this year is an “Eating Extravaganza”! In just the last 4 weeks I have tried and learnt about cuisines from all over the world; count that as another big PLUS for being an IMD partner.

Couple of weeks back, my friend from China, Fei Duan taught us how to make stir fried black pepper chicken. And since it was so delicious and easy to make, I thought I will share it with all of you who missed the class.

Ingredients:

1. 400 g of Thin Beef slices

2. 1 Red pepper, sliced to thin pieces

3. 1 Yellow pepper sliced to thin pieces

4. 5 Table spoons of cooking oil

5. Ground Black Pepper (adjust to your liking)

6. 3 Table spoons of Chinese cooking wine

7. 2 Table spoons of soya sauce

8. Corn flour

Directions:

1. In a bowl mix the beef with at least 3 table spoons of corn flour, soya sauce and cooking wine and allow it to marinate for at least 20 mins

2. In a wok, heat the cooking oil; add the marinated beef, and stir fry till it’s no longer red

3. Add yellow and red pepper slices. Stir fry for a minute

4. Add salt and ground black pepper to taste.

Our very shy friend Minako Date (from Japan) had hosted the cooking lessons in her spacious and very well decorated apartment. We enjoyed the dish with some steaming white rice, fried tomatoes with egg and stir fried carrots (never knew carrots could taste so good). Thank you Fei!

To end the memorable evening, we celebrated Leena’s Birthday (we almost look like sisters, with our nerdy glasses) with a delicious chocolate cake! And don’t miss Sachi’s (Leena’s 13 month old daughter) adorable smile when she saw the cake.