Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, kung pao chicken. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Kung Pao Chicken is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Kung Pao Chicken is something which I have loved my whole life.
I lived in China for two years, and this recipe (with some important but minor changes) comes very close to the Kung Pao chicken that can be found in Beijing restaurants. Kung Pao Chicken is from the Sichuan province in China. The Chinese name is 宫保鸡丁 (gong bao ji ding) but some restaurants spell it as Gong Bao Chicken or Kung Po Chicken.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have kung pao chicken using 26 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Kung Pao Chicken:
- Prepare Prep time 20 mints
- Make ready Cooking time 10 mints
- Get Total time 30 mints
- Take Chicken Marinade:
- Make ready 1 1/2 kg boneless chicken cut into cubes
- Make ready 2 tbsp soy sauce
- Prepare 2 tsp sesame oil
- Get 1 tsp corn flour
- Get 1 tsp black pepper
- Take Gravy:
- Take 3 tsp cornflour
- Take 5 tbsp light soy sauce
- Get 1 tbsp dark soy sauce
- Make ready 5 tbsp sesame oil
- Take 1 tsp black pepper
- Make ready 2 tbsp sriracha sauce
- Prepare 3 tbsp water
- Make ready 3 tbsp honey
- Get 1 medium onion finely chopped
- Take 1 tbsp minced garlic
- Take 1 tbsp minced ginger
- Make ready 6 dried red chilies cut into halves and seeds removed
- Take 1 red capsicum cut into 1" cubes
- Get 1 green capsicum cut into 1" cubes
- Make ready 3 tbsp fried peanuts for garnish
- Make ready 1 tbsp finely chopped green onions for garnish
Kung pao chicken, the popular Chinese takeout dish of stir-fried chicken, peanuts and vegetables, is traditionally made with lots of specialty ingredients, like Sichuan peppercorns, Chinese black vinegar, Chinese rice wine, and whole dried red chilies. Marinade: In a non-reactive bowl, prepare the marinade. Combine the rice wine, peanut oil, soy sauce, salt and cornstarch. Kung Pao Chicken is a highly addictive stir-fried chicken with the perfect combination of salty, sweet and spicy flavour!
Instructions to make Kung Pao Chicken:
- Measure and prepare all ingredients. Marinate the chicken and keep aside or refrigerate until further use.
- Make cornflour slurry and keep aside too. - - Fry peanuts in oil on a low flame till golden.
- In a separate bowl mix together water, light soy sauce, vinegar, honey, sesame oil, sriracha, dark soy sauce and leave aside.
- Using the same oil in which peanuts were fried, heat in a pan over medium flame, cook the marinated chicken in a single layer, as soon as it changes colour, dish out and keep aside.
- Again, in the same oil saute onions till translucent, add ginger garlic and saute till fragrant. Now add the red chilies, chicken, red and green capsicums and the sauce mix and stir well.
- Lastly add the cornflour slurry, mix well and turn off the flame. You do not want the veggies to discolour or soften. Dish out and garnish with fried peanuts and spring onions. - - Serve with rice of your choice. Enjoy!
Make Kung Pao Chicken better than Chinese take out right at home! With crisp-tender, mouthwatering chicken pieces swimming in the most delicious silky Chinese sauce exploding with flavour, this is one Kung Pao chicken recipe. Traditional Kung Pao Chicken contains chicken, peanuts, and green onions. Combine chicken and cornstarch in small bowl. Heat oil in large non-stick skillet or wok on medium heat.
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