I'm no Chinese food guru but I'll venture to say that if one were fishing around Chinatown for a benchmark of this classic though oft-bastardized Szechuan stalwart, one could do far worse than Spices! 3's tasty rendition.
The nuggets of chicken took a quick spin in the wok accompanied by no less than a dozen red chiles, a smattering of green onion, and a judicious number of large coins of ginger, along with a handful of whole peanuts. The chicken is glazed by a deliciously thick, dark, complex sauce flecked with tiny black bits, most likely from the more wok-scorched chiles- totally worth sitting at the desk in damp pants for an hour after dashing 3 long blocks through the pouring rain.
$7.10 all in.
Spices! 3
369 12th St
625.8889
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