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Szechuan Kung Pao Chicken is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Szechuan Kung Pao Chicken is something that I have 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 combined sweet, sour and spicy taste. Background of the dish The name of Kung Pao comes from a court official Ding Baozhen in Qing dynasty. Combine the cubed chicken with the egg white and cornstarch.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook szechuan kung pao chicken using 26 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Szechuan Kung Pao Chicken:
- Prepare 350 g Chicken Meat (thighs preferably, skinless, boneless)
- Take Marinade;
- Take 1 Tbsp Light Soy Sauce
- Get 1 Tbsp Rice Vinegar
- Make ready 2 tsp Corn Flour
- Get 1 Tbsp Cooking Oil
- Prepare Pre-Sauce Mix (mix well in a bowl);
- Get 1 Tbsp Light Soy Sauce
- Make ready 1 Tbsp Rice Vinegar
- Make ready 1 Tbsp Sugar
- Get 1 tsp Chilli Powder (optional)
- Make ready 2 Tbsp Water
- Take Stir Frying;
- Get 1 Tbsp Szechuan Peppercorn
- Take 12 pc Dried Chillies (halved, deseed)
- Get 20 g Ginger (minced)
- Prepare 20 g Garlic (minced)
- Prepare 20 g Spring Onions (white part, finely chopped)
- Make ready as needed Cooking Oil
- Prepare Thickener (mix well in a small bowl);
- Make ready 1 tsp Corn Flour
- Take 1 Tbsp Water
- Get Other Ingredients;
- Take 70 g Toasted Peanuts (1⁄2 cup)
- Make ready as needed Spring Onion (green part finely chopped, garnish)
- Prepare 1-2 Tbsp Black Vinegar (Chin Kiang Vinegar)
Serve with a simple bowl of steamed rice. Stir the chicken to separate, add to the oil or water, and stir again. If using oil, after about a minute, flip the chicken and cook for another minute, until white. What makes kung pao chicken so delicious?
Steps to make Szechuan Kung Pao Chicken:
- MARINADE; marinate the chicken with the Light Soy Sauce, Rice Vinegar, Corn Flour and Cooking Oil for 30 minutes
- CHICKEN; heat a wok until hot and add 2 Tbsp of Cooking Oil. Cook the Szechuan Peppercorn and Dried Chilli until fragrant (10 seconds). Then add the chicken and cook them until brown all over (2-3 minutes each side). Remove and set aside.
- SAUCE; if necessary, add 2 Tbsp of Cooking Oil and heat it until hot. Cook the Garlic, Ginger and Spring Onion (white part) until fragrant (10 seconds). Then add in the Pre-Sauce Mixture. Cook for 1 minute and then add the thickener.
- ASSEMBLY; once the sauce has thickened, add in the Chicken to the sauce and mix well. Then add the Toasted Peanuts and mix well. TURN OFF THE HEAT, and then add 1-2 Tbsp of Black Vinegar. Serve on a serving okate and garnish with Spring Onions.
If using oil, after about a minute, flip the chicken and cook for another minute, until white. What makes kung pao chicken so delicious? Kung Pao Chicken gets a bit of spice from chiles that are stir fried quickly with peanuts before the other ingredients are added to the pan. This releases the spicy oils from the chiles and flavors the rest of the dish. Roasted peanuts are also stir-fried with the chiles, giving the dish a nutty flavor.
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