Is Kung Pao chicken a staple in your house? Why not learn how to cook it? My Kung Pao chicken recipe is going to be better than your local restaurant AND it’s made the traditional way! It may be a little hard to find the traditional ingredients (just buy it on Amazon), but it will be worth it.

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Ingredients:

– 300 g Chicken breasts

For the marinade:

– 1 tbsp of Chinese cooking wine [Shaohsing Rice Cooking Wine:
– 1 tsp of dark soy sauce [Kimlan Dark Soy Sauce:
– 2 tsp of cornstarch
– 1/2 tsp of white pepper [Amazon Link:
– 1/4 tsp of salt
– 1/4 tsp of baking soda (not baking powder, sorry for the mistake in the video)

For the sauce:

– 1 tbsp of light soy sauce
– 1 tbsp of black vinegar
– 2 tsp of white sugar
– 1 tsp of corn starch
– 1 tsp of white pepper
– 1/4 cup of water or chicken stock
– 1/2 tsp of salt

Other ingredients:

– 1 cup of dry chili pepper [Amazon Link:
– 1 tbsp of Sichuan peppercorns (toasted and ground) [Amazon Link:
– 1/2 cup of peanuts (toasted)
– 1 cup of green onion (cut into half inch pieces)
– 1/4 cup of minced garlic, it is about 8 cloves
– 2 tbsp of minced ginger

How to cook it:

– Marinate the chicken for 30 minutes
– During this time make the sauce
– Add 2 tbsp of vegetable oil in the wok. Turn the heat to maximum. – Cook the chicken for 2 minutes, it should be about 70% done. Set it aside.
– Add 2 tbsp of oil, and the garlic, ginger, dry chilies Sichuan peppercorn. Cook it on high heat for 1 minute until fragrant.
– Add in the sauce we made before. Stir it well. When it comes to a boil, the sauce will start getting thick. You can add your chicken, cook it for 2 minutes.
– Add the green onion and the peanuts. Combine well. Turn off the heat. Put it on the plate to serve!

Hope you enjoy! If you have any questions, just post a comment.

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