Hello everybody, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, kung pao chicken. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Kung Pao Chicken (宫保鸡丁) in Chinese is a stir-fried dish with chicken cubes, dried chili pepper and deep-fried peanuts. Homemade Chinese chicken in a savory and spicy sauce. Kung pao chicken exists both in the traditional Chinese repertoire and Americanized takeout menus alike.
Kung Pao Chicken is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Kung Pao Chicken is something which I have loved my whole life.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have kung pao chicken using 18 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Kung Pao Chicken:
- Take Rice
- Take Boneless chicken
- Get 1 egg white
- Make ready 1 tsp salt
- Prepare 1/2 tsp onion powder
- Prepare 2 tsp Chinese cooking wine
- Make ready 3 tbsp cornflour
- Take 1 tbsp Sichuan peppercorns
- Make ready Handful red chillies
- Make ready 4 spring onions
- Take 1 tbsp garlic
- Take 1 tsp ginger
- Prepare 1 tbsp dou ban jiang (broad bean paste in chili oil)
- Prepare 2 tbsp brown sugar
- Make ready 1 tbsp light soy sauce
- Get 2 tbsp Chinese black vinegar (or balsamic vinegar)
- Make ready 1 tsp dark soy sauce
- Take 1/3 cup toasted peanuts
Kung pao chicken with bell peppers, onions, lean white meat, and a spicy sauce that rivals authentic Chinese takeout! Kung pao chicken has a lot going for it. The Chinese takeout favorite boasts tender chicken, crisp veggies, crunchy roasted peanuts, and a spicy, savory sauce coating each and every bite. I'm confidant this Kung Pao Chicken recipe will be the best Chinese food you've ever made from home!
Instructions to make Kung Pao Chicken:
- Dice the chicken and place into a mixing bowl
- Add the salt, onion powder and Chinese cooking wine then mix. Add 1.5tbsp cornflour and 1 egg white then mix until a creamy, velvety texture is achieved. Set aside for 20mins
- Carefully chop Sichuan peppercorns into a dust where no whole peppercorns remain
- Roughly chop the red chillies
- Chop the spring onions, garlic and ginger
- Chop through the broadbean paste to release flavour
- Heat vegetable oil in wok. Add the chicken mixture and fry until cooked. Remove and set aside
- Heat a little more vegetable oil in the wok. Add the dou ban jiang paste and stir on low heat for 2mins. Once the oil has turned orange, add the garlic, ginger, Sichuan peppercorns, red chillies and brown sugar then stir until the sugar has melted
- Return the chicken to the wok and continue to mix until all chicken is coated
- Cook rice in salted water in a separate pot
- To the wok, add: light soy sauce, Chinese black vinegar and dark soy sauce then mix well
- Mix 2tsp cornflour with 1/2cup water. Add to the wok and stir immediately. Once the sauce thickens, add the toasted peanuts and spring onion whites. Mix well and season to taste
- Serve alongside rice and top with spring onion greens
Stir-fried chicken, peanuts, and green onion in a delicious salty, sweet. Kung Pao Chicken, which originally named Gōngbǎo Jīdīng (宫保鸡丁), was descended from Sichuan, a southwest province in China. This Kung Pao Chicken is a delicious stir-fry loaded with chunky veggies and chicken and coated in a homemade tasty sauce. My family loves the kung pao chicken from our favorite Chinese restaurant. But in less time than it takes for the delivery guy to arrive, we can be digging into a steaming platter of this copycat recipe!
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