Chinese home cooking

Black Pepper Chicken and Cucumber

Name: Black Pepper Chicken and Cucumber
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: chicken breast; cucumber; 1 spoonful each cooking wine, light soy sauce and starch; a little black pepper for marinade; 1 spoonful oyster sauce; pepper for finishing; cooking oil

黑椒鸡肉黄瓜丁

Diced chicken breast and cucumber are tossed with black pepper and oyster sauce after a short marinade.

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Published 2026-10-12

Brown chicken cubes with green cucumber pieces and black pepper. — Black Pepper Chicken and Cucumber

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Ingredients

Quantities are included where specified in the original recipe.

chicken breast
cucumber
1 spoonful eachcooking wine, light soy sauce and starch
a littleblack pepper for marinade
1 spoonfuloyster sauce
pepper for finishing
cooking oil

Spoonfuls retain the Chinese recipe measures 勺/匙. Small and large spoonfuls retain 小勺 and 大勺; their volume is unspecified and is not converted to teaspoons or tablespoons.

Step-by-Step Instructions

01
Dice the chicken breast. Mix with cooking wine, light soy sauce, starch and a little black pepper and marinate for 15 minutes.
02
Heat oil and pan-fry the chicken until golden and cooked through.
03
Add diced cucumber, oyster sauce and pepper and stir-fry until combined.

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Cooking Method

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