Kung Pao Chicken.
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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook kung pao chicken using 26 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Kung Pao Chicken:
- Give 400 g - Chicken Thighs.
- Require 4-5 Cloves - Garlic.
- You need 4 tsp Sichuan Peppercorns.
- Need 4 for Birdseye Chilli.
- Need 4 - dried large red chillies.
- Provide 200 g of Onion.
- Prepare 200 g for mixed Bell peppers.
- Provide 200 g Red Pepper.
- Need Handful cashew nuts.
- Prepare Handful ground nuts.
- Need 1 stalk - scallion, cut into rings.
- Require for The Marinade.
- Require 1 tsp sesame oil.
- Prepare 2 tsp for sugar.
- Require 1 pinch Chinese 5 spice.
- You need 1 tsp - ginger-garlic paste.
- Give 1 tbsp of light soy sauce.
- Require Dash for dark soy sauce.
- Need 1/2 tablespoon - cornflour.
- Require for Sauce.
- Prepare 1 tbsp - light soy.
- Need 1 tbsp for Sriracha sauce.
- Require 1 tbsp - rice vinegar.
- Prepare 2 tsp - sugar.
- Give 50 ml of chicken stock.
- Prepare 1 tsp - tomato paste.
Kung Pao Chicken process:
- Immediately, soak large red chilies, whole, in hot water for 10-15 minutes.
- While the chillies are soaking, finely slice the onion, bell peppers and red pepper, before then cutting your chicken thighs into cubes. Set the cubed chicken into a separate bowl, then finely dice the garlic and birdseye chillies and finally crush the Sichuanese peppercorns with either a pestle and mortar or rolling pin..
- Next, marinate your chicken. Ensuring that the cornflour is introduced last, add all of the marinade ingredients to the cubed chicken and then massage well..
- In a separate bowl, mix all of the sauce ingredients together..
- At this point, your large red chilies should be soaked. Remove them from the hot water and place in a bowl with the chopped garlic, Birdseye chilies and Sichuan peppercorns to form your ‘Spice Mix’..
- Heat 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil in a wok to high heat. Once smoking hot, add the onions and peppers and stir-fry for 2 minutes. Push the onions and peppers to one side of the wok and add an extra 1/2 a teaspoon of oil to center of wok..
- Bring the oil to a high heat and add the chicken. Allow the chicken to sit and sear on one side, before then folding it through with the peppers and onions and stir-frying until the chicken is golden brown..
- Now, add the spice mix, immediately followed by the sauce, and continue to cook for 2 minutes. Finally, add cashew nuts, scallions and serve - preferably with some steamed rice!.
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