Black Pepper
This black pepper chicken is inspired from my love for black pepper, and how much I love it in my Asian stir-fries.
Think black pepper crab, black pepper beef (served on a sizzling hot plate!), and black pepper in the many concoctions that ultimately add depth and awesomeness to the dish. How can you not love black pepper?
Moving on, it was clear there was a dish I just had to try next.
Chinese Black Pepper Chicken
Consequently, I made this chicken for dinner last night. While it was a very spontaneous recipe, it was an instant hit with my family. I had a chicken breast, a bag of onions, and a green bell pepper in the fridge.
It’s as delicious as black pepper beef, with the wonderful flavor and aromatic black pepper and the savory sauce coating each piece of chicken.
Furthermore, it’s super easy to make!
Cook’s Tips
For the best turn out on this recipe, follow these tips:
- The sliced onions lend a natural sweetness and help tone down the heat from the black pepper
- This recipe goes extremely well with rice, or even tortilla, for an Asian-inspired taco!
Best Black Pepper Chicken Recipe
Below is my black pepper chicken recipe, a painless 30-minute recipe that anyone can prepare at home. In fact, it took me 20 minutes from prep to finish and dinner is ready in a jiffy.
In short, you need to make this recipe today!
If you have a sizzling hot plate like the ones at a restaurant, feel free to serve it on the hot plate for extra sizzles and I am sure you will love this recipe even more.
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Black Pepper Chicken Recipe
Black pepper chicken is a delicious and easy recipe to make at home, with only a few ingredients: black pepper, chicken, onion and bell pepper.
Ingredients
- 8 oz skinless and boneless chicken breast, cut into thin strips
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 1 onion, sliced
- 1 green bell pepper, cut into strips
- 1 teaspoon freshly milled black pepper
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce, use 1 tablespoon to marinate the chicken
- 1/4 teaspoon sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon Maggi seasoning
Instructions
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Marinate the chicken strips with 1 tablespoon of soy sauce for 10 minutes.
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Heat up a pan or skillet and add the oil. When the oil is heated, add the sliced onion and quickly stir-fry until aromatic and follow by the bell pepper and black pepper. Stir-fry for 1 minute. Stir in the chicken and continue to stir-fry until the chicken is cooked. Add in the soy sauce, sugar, Maggi sauce. Stir to combine all the ingredients well. Serve the black pepper chicken with warm steamed rice.
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Chrissie Baker
This was phenomenal. Thank you for the recipe. We will definitely be making this one again!
Trish
This is delicious with basa fish instead of chicken. Very tasty
Rasa Malaysia
Sounds yummy! :)
Diana
Tried this recipe tonight and turned out great! I added a hot green pepper to make it extra spicy. Yummy
Angel
Can I use kikkoman sauce in lieu of the maggi saucw???
LuluBuddly
I was wondering what to do with three bell peppers, though I did chop them a different way it still came out yummy! And best of all I had all those things in my pantry! :D So tonight on a cold autumn night I sat down to some black pepper chicken and peppers with glass of white wine. Yum, thanks for a easy and delicious dish. Also made a double batch to freeze for later yumminess =3
Elizabeth
My family loves this recipe! We double it (triple for some ingredients) to feed my family of 3 and have enough for a leftover lunch. We don’t have Maggi seasoning so don’t use it and it’s still delicious. One of my favorites – easy and delicious!
penjahit
LOVE it! Im making this for dinner
Adhe Shanti
I love this recipe. I have try and everybody said “its great!!!”
Andrea
We love this recipe… So tasty, my whole family loves it. thanks for a Yummy easy recipe.
Rasa Malaysia
Hi Andrea, thanks for trying my black pepper chicken recipe.
Elena
All your recipes are so good. Very simple and tasty. Thank so much.
Rasa Malaysia
Thanks Elena. :)
Betty Ann Quirino @Mango_Queen
What an easy dish to make any night of the week. Even better, I have all the ingredients in my kitchen so this is tomorrow’s supper. Thanks for sharing this easy recipe, Bee!
Rasa Malaysia
Thanks Betty Ann. :)
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I made this for dinner tonight . It was very good doubled the recipe and added double the soy sauce, used red and green bell peppers. I couldn’t find the maggi seasoning subs braggs amino acids, served over rice.
Rasa Malaysia
Yum, yes braggs amino acids are great!
Wagons
What is milled pepper?
Any subs for bell pepper, since some are allergic to it ? Thanks !
Rasa Malaysia
Milled pepper just means regular black pepper powder and not black pepper corns. You can use green chilies.
kroot14
Tasty. Have made this a few times with Jasmine rice – always good!
Mushi
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I am Food Technologist and working on recipes
Kate
Quick question – I only have dark soy sauce and ketjap manis in the cupboard. Which should I use for this recipe?
Rasa Malaysia
You can use ketjap manis.
subhasree
@tinaz maggi seasoning sauce is not available in india….:-(
subhasree
your recipe sounds delicious,i am going to cook it for my hubby.
Rene
Love, love, love this recipe. I made it with chicken thighs, and cut them into small bites. I *thought* I’d have lunch leftovers. But it was so good we ate it all. Adding it to the dinner-time rotation!
Miss Kultur
So, so good! Second recipe I try from this site this week — this was delicious. Didn’t have the Maggi seasoning, but I added my own chili oil instead. Really great, will be making this one a lot in the future. Thanks, Bee!
Merl
What type of soy sauce do you use? Dark or light?
Rasa Malaysia
Light.
tinaz
i am from india mumbai..where will i get maggie seasoning from??what is it exactly??
Yuss
Beeeeeee…….thank you for your wonderful recipe…..!!! i love your teriyaki chicken too…it’s sooooo easy….i love that kind of recipe, very little ingredient but still delicious….and your black pepper chicken…yummy!!!!
Tinni
What oil did you used?
Rasa Malaysia
Vegetable oil.
Nicky
how many people do all your recipes cater for?
Rasa Malaysia
2 people.
Mark Marklar
Im gonna try this out tomorrow night. But I wanted to add that the print button doesnt work. Just fyi!
Rasa Malaysia
Yes, it works. You have to be a registered user before you can print the recipes.
missdeb
I am doing weight watchers and I need to know how many servings are for the recipes. Did I miss this info somewhere?
Joy
I live in North Dakota so we don’t get alot of things up here that others do. I have called and searched every store from Minot to Bismarck and no one carries Maggie sauce is there something else i can use?
jw
hi – do you recommend subbing maggi seasoning with oyster or hoisin like the previous poster said?
oh and p.s. – my friend just gave me your book as a gift and i can’t wait to try the recipes – including this one. :)
ashley myers
what is maggi season
Rasa Malaysia
http://www.amazon.com/Maggi-Seasoning/dp/B0000E2PX6
CK
Hi, i had to look up maggie’s seasoning, there are soooo many
which did you one is for the black pepper recipe?
Rasa Malaysia
Maggi brand. :)
Anne
How many servings does this make?
Rasa Malaysia
2 person with rice.
danielli
this is an awesome recipe. Simple and delicious. I used to not like bell peppers, but in this recipe, they are sweet when perfectly caramelized. thanks for sharing.
Rasa Malaysia
Danielli – thanks and glad that you love the recipe.
luv
the chicken recipes are good
princess amna
hmm its really good
Hallie
Hi, can this be replaced with beef? Do I need to change the sauce?
Rasa Malaysia
yes you use this for beef. enjoy!
CV
Great and simple recipe. Am going to try your recipe for the CNY holidays!
Thanks pal!
T.Shiral Indika Fernando
superb, i cooked this to lunch today, wow delicious i could not get Maggi seasoning sauce i added Oyster sauce nice goooooood …….
Salina
If I substitute the green bell peppers with red, will that be okay?
Rasa Malaysia
Yes!
Salina
thank you for the prompt reply..I love your blog. Keep up the good work :)
Chase
My girlfriend and I looked this up at midnight, ran to the store, cooked and finished eating by 1:30 am. It was delicious! Great hands on date for under 15 dollars. Thanks a bunch
Rasa Malaysia
Hi Chase – I love the spontaneity. Great that you two enjoyed the recipe. :)
russ schrantz
Where can I get Maggi seasoning? I can’t find it anywhere.
Rasa Malaysia
You can find it at Asian stores, or online here: http://grocerythai.com/maggi-maggi-seasoning-67oz-p-511.html
Sarah
I’m wondering what the aim of the Maggi seasoning is? I’ve never actually bought a bottle despite being in Malaysia for 2 years now! This looks super and yummy too! Thanks for sharing. :)
Nida Afzal
I tried your recipe and added the black pepper chicken into the noodles, it tasted so deliciously yummy!!
Flori
Toata familia iubeste mancarea chinezeasca,multumesc pentru retete ,sunt minunate.O mare rugaminte ,am descoperit taiteii de orez….sunt ff buni,te rog arata-ne mai multe retete care contin taitei de orez.Iti doresc succes in tot ce faci si numai reusite !
Kees
Don’t know how I got onto your website but I had black pepper beef in Singapore a few years back and tried this one. I loved it and it probably won’t be the last recipe from your website I’ll try.
monda
hi, I will try to cook this, today, looks very easy but yummy
Jules
I did this last night. It was absolutely painless to make and tasted so delicious despite no maggi seasoning. However I will get one for the sake of perfecting the dish. BRAVO!
Rasa Malaysia
Jules – awesome. I am glad it works for you, yes, Maggi will perk up the taste of the black pepper chicken recipe. :)
mo
Use Chicken boillon cube from shoppers, giant or any regular grocery store. It should be next to the soup and chicken broth. Same effect.
mus
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faj
wow.. actually i really don’t have the interest to cook but since i’ve search a recipe for our laboratory, gosh….. nagkaron na ako ng interest and i found it hard at first but i practiced until i think na perfect na kasi ang sarap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
^^^^ sabRoSo!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cass McGeiger
You can usually find it in the Spanish food section!
Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast
I just made this last night with the boneless skinless free range chicken breasts from Grass Fed Farms – wow, incredible! Thanks for this cool recipe – although finding Maggi sauce in my area was quite a feat, I finally found it at a specialty grocer, but none of the supermarkets had it.
StrawberryPocky
I tried this last night, and wow was it amazing!!! I love the fragrance of the onions and green peppers!! And the chicken had the perfect amount of pepper!! Even though my chicken wasn’t that pretty color of brown like in the picture, it still tasted awesome!
Rasa Malaysia
That’s great that you love this black pepper chicken recipe! :)
niki
is there something else i can use to replace maggi seasoning?
Rasa Malaysia
Niki – you can try oyster sauce. If not, you can skip it. Maggi seasoning just gives it an extra and slightly different flavor.
Angel
Can I use kikkoman sauce in lieu of the maggi sauce???
azam
easy and easy to cook!
yummy
Rasa Malaysia
Correct, easy to cook and tasty.
Julyana
Hi,
what maggi sauce you used, may I know? Thank you :)
Rasa Malaysia
It’s Maggi seasoning sauce.
Dorach
I just made this tonight, simple but very yummy :) It is reminiscent of the Malay roadside burgers cos of the Maggi seasoning. It’s so funny, in NZ, Maggi is pronounced “May-gee”.
lisaiscooking
I do love black pepper, and your chicken looks incredible! Sounds great with bell pepper too.
Barb
What is maggi seasoning?
Rasa Malaysia
Hi Barb,
This is Maggi seasoning: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000J401J2
Dominique (de vous à moi...)
My mother and my gradmother used Maggi seasoning… and I do. maggi comes from france do you know? and maggi seasonning was created in 1901!
Your sauce with black pepper seems delicious! I’ll try… after holiday!
Rasa Malaysia
Dominique – I didn’t know that Maggi comes from France. It’s awesome!
mycookinghut
Yeah.. I didn’t know until a few years ago when my other half told me so. Bata is also from France. :)
Rasa Malaysia
The taste of maggi sauce is far away from French though…but maybe that’s made for Asian cooking!
Aghila Hill
Actuall, Maggi is Swiss and is owned by Nestle a Swiss company.
martine
Interesting post.!!
Rasa Malaysia
Thank you, Martine.
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Delicious! love, love, LOVE it! Im making this for dinner!
Rasa Malaysia
Alisa – awesome. Let me know how it goes.
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Black pepper sauce!! I like anything that comes with black pepper sauce. Love your recipe, simple yet sumptuous! Maggi seasoning… We Malaysians love Maggi seasoning!!! Thanks for stopping by my blog.
Rasa Malaysia
Ellie – yes, it’s very simple. Easy and good.
Tuty
Maggi sauce is my magic sauce!
Rasa Malaysia
Tuty – LOL. Yes, it is. :)
Little Inbox
Yes, I do! Capsicum always go well with black pepper.
Rasa Malaysia
Yes, you are right, black pepper does go well with capsicum.
momgateway
I love it!
Rasa Malaysia
Cool! :)