Hey everyone, it is me, Dave, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, kung pao chicken. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Kung Pao Chicken is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Kung Pao Chicken is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
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. Kung pao chicken exists both in the traditional Chinese repertoire and Americanized takeout menus alike.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook kung pao chicken using 26 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Kung Pao Chicken:
- Take 400 g Chicken Thighs
- Get 4-5 Cloves Garlic
- Take 4 tsp Sichuan Peppercorns
- Prepare 4 Birdseye Chilli
- Prepare 4 dried large red chillies
- Get 200 g Onion
- Make ready 200 g mixed Bell peppers
- Get 200 g Red Pepper
- Make ready Handful cashew nuts
- Prepare Handful ground nuts
- Prepare 1 stalk scallion, cut into rings
- Get The Marinade
- Make ready 1 tsp sesame oil
- Get 2 tsp sugar
- Take 1 pinch Chinese 5 spice
- Make ready 1 tsp ginger-garlic paste
- Prepare 1 tbsp light soy sauce
- Take Dash dark soy sauce
- Prepare 1/2 tablespoon cornflour
- Take Sauce
- Prepare 1 tbsp light soy
- Get 1 tbsp Sriracha sauce
- Prepare 1 tbsp rice vinegar
- Make ready 2 tsp sugar
- Take 50 ml chicken stock
- Take 1 tsp tomato paste
Kung pao chicken with bell peppers, onions, lean white meat, and a spicy sauce that rivals authentic Chinese takeout! 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 has a lot going for it.
Steps to make Kung Pao Chicken:
- Immediately, soak large red chilies, whole, in hot water for 10-15 minutes
- While the chillies are soaking, finely slice the onion, bell peppers and red pepper, before then cutting your chicken thighs into cubes. Set the cubed chicken into a separate bowl, then finely dice the garlic and birdseye chillies and finally crush the Sichuanese peppercorns with either a pestle and mortar or rolling pin.
- Next, marinate your chicken. Ensuring that the cornflour is introduced last, add all of the marinade ingredients to the cubed chicken and then massage well.
- In a separate bowl, mix all of the sauce ingredients together.
- At this point, your large red chilies should be soaked. Remove them from the hot water and place in a bowl with the chopped garlic, Birdseye chilies and Sichuan peppercorns to form your ‘Spice Mix’.
- Heat 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil in a wok to high heat. Once smoking hot, add the onions and peppers and stir-fry for 2 minutes. Push the onions and peppers to one side of the wok and add an extra 1/2 a teaspoon of oil to center of wok.
- Bring the oil to a high heat and add the chicken. Allow the chicken to sit and sear on one side, before then folding it through with the peppers and onions and stir-frying until the chicken is golden brown.
- Now, add the spice mix, immediately followed by the sauce, and continue to cook for 2 minutes. Finally, add cashew nuts, scallions and serve - preferably with some steamed rice!
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The Chinese takeout favorite boasts tender chicken, crisp veggies, crunchy roasted peanuts, and a spicy, savory sauce coating each and every bite. This Kung Pao Chicken is a delicious stir-fry loaded with chunky veggies and chicken and coated in a homemade tasty sauce. Chicken is the main ingredient in Kung Pao Chicken but you can't ignore the delicious sauce and nuts! Kung Pao Chicken (also known as Gong Bao or Kung Pow) is probably the dish most associated with Chinese food in America. This dish is also one of the most authentic dishes on the menus of Chinese.
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