Kung Pao Chicken | Szechuan Chicken with Chillies and Nuts [宫保雞丁]

Kung Pao Chicken | Szechuan Chicken with Chillies and Nuts [宫保雞丁]

Kung Pao Chicken also-known as Kung Po or ‘Gong Bao Ji Ding’ is a very popular Szechuan Style Chicken Stir-Fry. The original recipe uses a liberal amount of Sichuan peppercorns, for its numbing heat. There are, however so many variants of the original. Western recipes even incorporate all sorts of veggies. Here, I try to keep close to the original method. The amount of dried red chillies can be adjusted according to taste.

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Kung Pao Chicken | Szechuan Chicken with Chillies and Nuts [宫保雞丁]

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How to make Kung Pao Chicken – Recipe at a glance:

• Marinate Chicken.
• Chop some simple ingredients.
• Add sauce ingredients to a bowl. Also, Make cornflour Slurry.
• Fry dried chillies and nuts. Stir fry Chicken.
• Saute ingredients and make the sauce.
• Return fried chicken, nuts and chillies, to the sauce and cook till thickened.

Ingredients:

• 600 gms chicken breast, fillet, boneless leg
• 10 -15 cloves of garlic
• 2 ¾ Tbsp fresh ginger slices
• 3 -4 Tbsp spring onion ( just the white bulb portion), sliced
• 10- 25 long dried red chillies. (See notes).
•  ¹⁄3 cup skinless raw peanuts OR ½ cup raw cashew nuts 
• Cornflour Slurry: 1 Tbsp cornstarch mixed in 3 Tbsp water
• 7 Tbsp Peanut oil as needed for frying. (Preferred, but you can use sunflower oil too).
• For Garnish: Spring onion greens

To Marinate the Chicken:

• 2 1/2 Tbsp cornflour
• 1 tsp light soy sauce
• 1 tsp Shao Xing Chinese Rice wine (is used authentically) – can be replaced with 1 tsp of liquid meat tenderizer.
• 1 tsp Asian toasted sesame oil
•  ¾ tsp black pepper powder
• 1 tsp Sichuan peppercorns ( Or if you don’t have it use red chilli powder instead)

For the Sauce:

• 3/4 cup water
• 3/4 Tbsp Dark soy sauce (more if needed while cooking)
• 2 tsp Light Soy Sauce
• 2 tsp Black Rice vinegar (more if needed while cooking)
• 1 tsp Light brown sugar or use thick Sweet soy sauce (Kicap Manis instead)

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Key Ingredients for Kung Pao Chicken: Chicken, Dried Red Chilli, Nuts, Spring Onion, Ginger, Garlic,  Soy Sauce (light and dark), Black Vinegar, Sesame oil, Pepper, Sichuan Peppercorns, 

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