Spicy Big Tray Chicken

Ingredients

• 3 lbs chicken legs and thighs, bone-in, skin-on
• 2 tsps salt, plus more to taste
• 7 tsps black pepper, plus more to taste
• 12 oz. beer
• 1 lb new potatoes
• 1 qt vegetable oil
• 2 tbsps sliced garlic
• 2 tsps cumin seeds
• 2 tsps fennel seeds
• 1 tsp sichuan peppercorns, roughly chopped
• 1 star anise, left whole
• 2 dried chiles, minced
• 1.5 tbsps hot bean sauce
• 2 tbsps shaosing wine
• 4 cups chicken stock
• 2 tbsps sugar
• ¼ cup soy sauce
• cilantro, for garnish