Hey everyone, it is me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, kung pao chicken. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Kung Pao Chicken is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look wonderful. Kung Pao Chicken is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
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 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!!
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook kung pao chicken using 18 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Kung Pao Chicken:
- Get Rice
- Take Boneless chicken
- Get 1 egg white
- Take 1 tsp salt
- Make ready 1/2 tsp onion powder
- Get 2 tsp Chinese cooking wine
- Make ready 3 tbsp cornflour
- Take 1 tbsp Sichuan peppercorns
- Make ready Handful red chillies
- Get 4 spring onions
- Take 1 tbsp garlic
- Take 1 tsp ginger
- Take 1 tbsp dou ban jiang (broad bean paste in chili oil)
- Take 2 tbsp brown sugar
- Make ready 1 tbsp light soy sauce
- Prepare 2 tbsp Chinese black vinegar (or balsamic vinegar)
- Prepare 1 tsp dark soy sauce
- Prepare 1/3 cup toasted peanuts
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. Homemade Chinese chicken in a savory and spicy sauce. 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.
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
The Chinese takeout favorite boasts tender chicken, crisp veggies, crunchy roasted peanuts, and a spicy, savory sauce coating each and every bite. Now that my son has discovered the big, bright, beautiful world of Chinese-American take-out, it's all he wants to eat these days. I mean, who can blame the kid? This Kung Pao Chicken is a delicious stir-fry loaded with chunky veggies and chicken and coated in a homemade tasty sauce. Kung Pao Chicken (also known as Gong Bao or Kung Pow) is probably the dish most associated with Chinese food in America.
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