Chinese
Kung pao chicken
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ChinaKung pao chicken
Sichuan-style stir-fry with chicken, dried chillies, peanuts, vinegar, soy sauce, and a balanced sweet-hot sauce.
Ingredients
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- 450 g boneless chicken thighs, diced
- 1 tbsp light soy sauce
- 2 tsp Shaoxing wine or dry sherry
- 2 tsp cornflour
- 2 tbsp Chinese black vinegar
- 1 tbsp soy sauce for the sauce
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp cornflour for the sauce
- 3 tbsp water
- 8 to 10 dried red chillies
- 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 1 tsp finely chopped ginger
- 3 spring onions, cut into pieces
- 60 g roasted peanuts
- Neutral oil for frying
Good to know before you start
Small details that often make the cooking go more smoothly.
- Read through every step before you start and measure everything first.
- This recipe is written for 4 servings and Swedish kitchen measures.
- Taste and adjust at the end if you cook with salty stock, cheese, soy sauce, or fond.
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Method
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- 1
Marinate the chicken with soy sauce, Shaoxing wine, and cornflour for 15 minutes.
- 2
Mix the sauce from black vinegar, soy sauce, sugar, cornflour, and water.
- 3
Heat a wok with oil and stir-fry the chicken quickly until it just takes on colour. Lift it out.
- 4
Fry the dried chillies briefly in a little fresh oil until fragrant without burning.
- 5
Add the garlic, ginger, and spring onion and stir-fry quickly.
- 6
Return the chicken and pour in the sauce. Stir until everything turns glossy and the chicken is just cooked through.
- 7
Fold in the peanuts right at the end and serve immediately with rice.
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15 ingredients and 7 steps from prep to serving.
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Recipe source: Kung pao kyckling verifierad mot The Woks of Life. Original link
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