Szechuan chicken is one of the popular restaurant style chicken dishes served across the globe. The Chinese flavors in this dish lends a wonderful flavor to this quick midnight meal.
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Bring a pan of water to the boil. Also boil the kettle to make the stock - you will need 500ml of boiling water for each stock cube.
Peel and finely chop the ginger and garlic.
Coarsely chop the chicken.
In a bowl, marinade the chicken in the schezwan marinade and half of the corn flour then set aside in the fridge.
Chop the capsicum into thin strips.
Slice the spring onion across a diagonal.
Quarter the water chestnuts.
Remove the boiling water from the heat, add the egg noodles and cover. Leave until tender (4-5mins).
Heat the oil in a wok.
Add the chicken and cook until turning brown on the outside.
Add the capsicum and stir fry.
Drain the noodles.
Add the remaining corn flour, stock (75ml per person), ginger, garlic, sugar and chili paste in a bowl with the schezwan mix; stir well to combine.
Add the sauce and stir fry the sauce until it thickens.
Stir in the water chestnuts.
Add 3/4 of the spring onion and noodles to the wok and stir until coated in the sauce. Add a splash of water or left over stock if it becomes to dry.
Cook until heated through.
Serve the chicken stir fry garnished with remaining spring onion.