Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, kung pao chicken. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Kung Pao Chicken is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Kung Pao Chicken is something that I have loved my entire life.
Reviews for: Photos of Kung Pao Chicken. Kung Pao Chicken (宫保鸡丁) in Chinese is a stir-fried dish with chicken cubes, dried chili pepper and deep-fried peanuts. The tender taste of the chicken matches great with the crispy peanuts with a.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook kung pao chicken using 26 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Kung Pao Chicken:
- Make ready Prep time 20 mints
- Get Cooking time 10 mints
- Make ready Total time 30 mints
- Prepare Chicken Marinade:
- Take 1 1/2 kg boneless chicken cut into cubes
- Get 2 tbsp soy sauce
- Make ready 2 tsp sesame oil
- Prepare 1 tsp corn flour
- Make ready 1 tsp black pepper
- Take Gravy:
- Take 3 tsp cornflour
- Get 5 tbsp light soy sauce
- Make ready 1 tbsp dark soy sauce
- Get 5 tbsp sesame oil
- Prepare 1 tsp black pepper
- Make ready 2 tbsp sriracha sauce
- Make ready 3 tbsp water
- Get 3 tbsp honey
- Get 1 medium onion finely chopped
- Prepare 1 tbsp minced garlic
- Take 1 tbsp minced ginger
- Prepare 6 dried red chilies cut into halves and seeds removed
- Prepare 1 red capsicum cut into 1" cubes
- Make ready 1 green capsicum cut into 1" cubes
- Take 3 tbsp fried peanuts for garnish
- Take 1 tbsp finely chopped green onions for garnish
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. Kung Pao Chicken is a Chinese takeout favourite that is mouthwateringly good and highly addictive - so it's a good thing it's easy to make at home so we don't need to order takeout every time we crave it!! Kung pao chicken with bell peppers, onions, lean white meat, and a spicy sauce that rivals authentic Chinese takeout!
Steps 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!
Kung Pao chicken is so popular here in the U. S., it'd be tempting to assume that it's a Chinese-American dish, but in fact this spicy Chinese chicken stir-fry is an authentic Sichuan dish. Kung Pao chicken is an extremely popular Chinese dish in restaurants worldwide. It can also be made quite easily at home! With very little prep, you can quickly whip up both the marinade and sauce.
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