Kung Pao Chicken

Kung Pao Chicken

Overview

Spicy, salty and fresh, Kung Pao Chicken is a great dish to go with rice.

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Ingredients

Steps

  1. Main ingredients: chicken legs. Peel the skin off the chicken legs and run the tip of a knife along the bones to separate the bones.

    Kung Pao Chicken step 1
  2. Cut the meat into pieces, about 2 cm in size.

    Kung Pao Chicken step 2
  3. Add salt, pepper, egg white, starch, mix well and marinate for 20 minutes.

    Kung Pao Chicken step 3
  4. Ingredients: peanuts, green peppers, garlic, green onions, dried chili peppers. Cut the dried chilies into sections. I did not throw away the chili seeds and added them to the vegetable. Crush the garlic into flat pieces. Cut the green chilies into pieces about the same size as diced chicken. Chop the green onions into finely chopped pieces.

    Kung Pao Chicken step 4
  5. Rinse the peanuts with water, turn on the heat, pour oil into the pot, and fry the peanuts when it is slightly hot (you can also soak the peanuts first, peel off the skin of the peanuts, and then fry).

    Kung Pao Chicken step 5
  6. Mix the sauce, mix the light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, salt, sugar and water evenly and set aside.

    Kung Pao Chicken step 6
  7. Turn on the heat, pour oil into the pot (it can also be the leftover fried peanuts). Heat the oil, add garlic and chopped green onion, and stir-fry until fragrant.

    Kung Pao Chicken step 7
  8. Add Pixian bean paste, stir-fry until fragrant, and stir-fry until red oil comes out.

    Kung Pao Chicken step 8
  9. Add chicken nuggets and slide them into pieces,

    Kung Pao Chicken step 9
  10. When the chicken changes color, add the sauce and stir-fry.

    Kung Pao Chicken step 10
  11. Cook for two minutes until the chicken is cooked.

    Kung Pao Chicken step 11
  12. Add the green pepper and stir-fry, add the dried chili segments and continue to stir-fry.

    Kung Pao Chicken step 12
  13. When the green pepper is almost raw, add the fried peanuts, stir well and turn off the heat.

    Kung Pao Chicken step 13
  14. Serve on a platter.

    Kung Pao Chicken step 14