The combination of pepper and garlic is a classic in Thai cooking. This simple stir-fry is about as easy as it gets. Serve with rice.
1 tsp white peppercorns
12 garlic cloves
¼ tsp salt
400g chicken thigh fillets,cut into 3mm-thick slices
¼ tsp baking soda
2 tbsp vegetable oil
1 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tbsp soy sauce
½ tsp sugar
1 small Lebanese cucumber,peeled at intervals and sliced,to serve
a few sprigs of coriander,to serve
Place the white peppercorns in a mortar and pound to a coarse powder with a pestle. Add the garlic and salt and pound until the garlic is roughly crushed (you don’t want to pound this so much it becomes a smooth paste). Combine the mixture with the chicken and the baking soda and mix well. Set aside for at least 10 minutes.
Heat a wok or large frying pan over high heat and add the oil. Add the chicken and fry for about 2 minutes,until lightly browned. Add the oyster sauce,soy sauce and sugar and toss to combine. Toss for a further minute or two until the chicken is just cooked through. Transfer to a serving plate and serve with the cucumber and coriander.
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