INGREDIENTS
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7 tablespoons cold vegetable stock
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1 tablespoon cornstarch
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1 tablespoon hoisin sauce
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1 tablespoon ketchup
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1 tablespoon light soy sauce
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1 tablespoon Chinkiang black rice vinegar or balsamic vinegar
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1 teaspoon chili sauce
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2 skinless chicken breasts or 4 thighs, cut into 1/2-inch slices
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Salt and ground white pepper
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1 tablespoon potato flour or cornstarch
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1 tablespoon peanut oil
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2 tablespoons Sichuan peppercorns
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4 dried red chiles
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1 tablespoon Shaohsing rice wine or dry sherry
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1 red bell pepper, seeded and cut into chunks
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2 scallions, chopped into 1-inch lengths
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Handful of dry-roasted cashews