Kung Pao Chicken

Name: Kung Pao Chicken
Cuisine: Asian, Chinese
Ingredients: 1 tbsp. cornstarch; 4 tbsp. soy sauce; 1 lb. boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cubed; 3 tbsp. shaoxing (Chinese rice wine); 2 tbsp. sugar; 3 tbsp. chicken stock; 4 tsp. Chinkiang vinegar or balsamic vinegar; 1 tbsp. Asian sesame oil; 2 tsp. Chinese dark soy sauce; 3 tbsp. peanut oil; 12 dried hot red chiles, stemmed, halved crosswise, and seeded; 5 scallions, white part only, thickly sliced crosswise; 1 large clove garlic, peeled, ends trimmed off, and thinly sliced; 1 (1/2") piece of ginger, peeled and minced; 1⁄2 cup shelled raw skinless peanuts

3 steps

This Sichuan dish—often better known by its Americanized name "kung pao chicken"—is full of flavor but only moderately spicy.

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 13:58:19 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Great

Glycemic Index

Low

Glycemic Load

Low

Nutrition per serving

Calories474.1 kcal (24%)

Total Fat28.2 g (40%)

Carbs21.6 g (8%)

Sugars9.2 g (10%)

Protein35.1 g (70%)

Sodium1775.6 mg (89%)

Fiber7.4 g (27%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

4 servings

1 Tbspcornstarch

4 Tbspsoy sauce

1 lbboneless skinless chicken breasts

cubed

3 Tbspshaoxing

chinese rice wine

2 Tbspsugar

3 Tbspchicken stock

4 tspchinkiang vinegar

or balsamic vinegar

1 Tbspsesame oil

asian

2 tspdark soy sauce

chinese

3 Tbsppeanut oil

12dried hot red chiles

stemmed, halved crosswise, and seeded

5scallions

white part only, thickly sliced crosswise

1 clovegarlic

large, peeled, ends trimmed off, and thinly sliced

1 x 0.5 "ginger

piece, peeled and minced

½ cuppeanuts

shelled, raw, skinless

Instructions

Step 1

Mix together cornstarch and 1 tbsp. of the soy sauce in a medium bowl, add chicken, toss well, and set aside to marinate for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, mix together the remaining 3 tbsp. soy sauce, rice wine, sugar, stock, vinegar, sesame oil, and dark soy sauce. Set aside.

Step 2

Heat peanut oil in a wok or large nonstick skillet over high heat until just beginning to smoke. Add chiles, half the scallions, garlic, ginger, and chicken and stir-fry until chicken is golden, 3–5 minutes. Add soy sauce mixture and stir-fry until sauce thickens, about 2 minutes.

Step 3

Stir in peanuts. Garnish with remaining scallions.

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