Easy Kung Pao Chicken Recipe

Best,easy and authentic kung pao chicken recipe- juicy chicken chunks tossed with bell peppers,chili  peppers, zucchini and peanuts in kung pao chicken sauce to make an extremely flavorful side dish or entree.If you chinese chicken takeout dishes then this easy kung pao chicken recipe along with very delicious kung pao sauce makes this very authentic kung pao chicken recipe.

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If you fancy having Panda Express takeout menu then here is the better than takeout Panda Express easy Kung Pao Chicken recipe – easy, juicy chicken pieces cooked in perplex sauces along with zucchini, peanuts, chime peppers and chili peppers .

This recipe of Panda Express kung pao chicken is very easily to put-together and goes therefore well with some sticky rice or Jasmine rice and besides with noodles or chowmein excessively .

Some more Panda Express recipes I have shared here already did you get to see them ? I will list here for you :

• Panda Express Sweet Fire Chicken Breast

• Panda Express Black Pepper Chicken

• Panda Express Orange Chicken Recipe

• Panda Express Chow Mein Recipe

Try this amazing Kung Pao chicken with more Chinese food recipes which are just like takeout:

Kung Pao Chicken is not a regular stir-fry dish like regular Chinese food goes- but here the tender,juicy chicken pieces are cooked along with other vegetables in a little sauce.

This sauce is very intense in flavors and goes very well with rice and even chow mein or mixed with any other noodles.

Easy Kung Pao Chicken Recipe

Kung Pao chicken, also transcribed as Gong Bao or Kung Po, is a spicy, stir-fried Chinese dish made with chicken, peanuts, vegetables, and chili peppers. 

The classic dish in Sichuan cuisine originated in the Sichuan Province of south-western China and includes Sichuan peppercorns.

Wikipedia information. here is the link toinformation .

FAQ’s

Easy Kung Pao Chicken Ingredients

• Chicken

  : Use Chicken thigh meat or  breast meat for this recipe. Thigh meat is very juicy so if you want use thigh or use chicken breast meat.I have used  breast meat itself.

• Vegetables of your choice : I have used Zucchini, Red Bell Pepper.But you can add vegetables of your choice .

• Peanuts

  :  To use peanuts in this recipe or not is personal choice but since kung pao chicken is normally served with peanuts,

   I have used  them. 

       I love the taste of peanuts along with chicken and sauce           but you can skip it if you do not like or have allergies.

• Red Dry Chili

  : Use the dry red chili available in Asian stores near you. I have used the Chinese chili plus I have seeded them. 

       Use the Chinese red chili as per your spice tolerance or             can skip them entirely.

• Sauce Mix

  :  The most important part of this recipe is the sauce mix which entirely defines the taste of  this dish. 

here I have used a mix of soy sauce, brown boodle, minced garlic, mince pep, sriracha, rice wine vinegar .

What pepper is in Kung Pao Chicken Recipe ?

Use the dry red chili available in Asian stores near you. I have used the Chinese chili plus I have seeded and stemmed them. 

Use the Chinese red chili as per your spice tolerance or can skip them entirely.

How to Tenderize the Chicken / Velveting the Chicken?

To tenderize the chicken or that’s called Velveting the Chicken is to marinate it with ingredients to make it very juicy and soft when used in final recipe. 

In regular Chinese food preparations they use Baking Soda to tenderize the chicken but I have used another way to do this and it makes the chicken delicious too.

Here I have used Egg,Cornstarch to make the chicken soft and juicy. Marinating the chicken in little cornstarch and eggs make it very soft when we stir-fry them in recipe.

What is Panda Express Kung Pao Chicken Sauce?

The sauce used in this recipe is not very watery/liquidy compared to other sauce recipes used in the Chinese cuisine.

This sauce is very intense in flavor with very few ingredients and is little thicker than regular sauce,which coats the chicken and vegetables very well and goes so well with rice.

The main ingredients used here are: 

soy sauce,brown sugar,minced garlic,minced ginger,sriracha,rice wine vinegar.

How to make Kung Pao Chicken Panda Express

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Step1: First marinate chicken with soy sauce,salt,cornstarch slurry,freshly cracked black pepper and 1/2 of egg and keep aside for few minutes.

Step2

: In a pan/wok,add the sesame oil and vegetable oil,when its hot add vegetables ,peanuts and red chili,fry till soft and keep aside.

Step3

: In the same pan add the chicken pieces and stir-fry till chicken is done,then keep aside.

Step4

: Then add the sauce mix and add the cornstarch mixed in water.Stir well and cook for a few seconds.

Step5

:  Finally add everything to the sauce mix.

Serve immediately .

Tips to make authentic Chicken Recipe

• When you add the wimp to wok/pan, make sure you do not add the marinade.Use a spoon/fork to put lone the chicken in the wok and not marinade .

• If you use the marinade along with chicken then the final examination smasher will look very messy as the marinade will turn into large clumpy mass .

• If you like the sauce to have a little liquid then add short more body of water to cornstarch and let the sauce quell watery than thick .

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Published

03/26/2019

Panda Express Copycat Kung Pao Chicken – so easy and best recipe of chicken tossed with bell peppers,chili peppers ,zucchini and peanuts in sauces to make an extremely flavorful side dish or entree.

Ingredients

• 1 Cup Chicken, cut into 1/2 inch pieces ( some I have cut in atypical shapes )
• For Marination :
• 1 tsp Freshly Crack Black Peppercorns, powdered
• 2 tsp Soy Sauce
• 1/2 egg, little
• 1/2 tsp Cornstarch blend with 1 tsp water
• For Sauce Mix :
• 1 Tbsp minced Garlic
• 1 Tbsp minced Ginger
• 1/2 tsp Cornstarch mix with 1 tsp water
• 1 Tbsp Dark Brown Sugar
• 1/2 Tbsp newly cracked Black Peppercorns
• 1 Tbsp Light Soy Sauce
• 1 Tbsp Dark Soy Sauce
• 1/2 Tbsp Huy Fong Sriracha
• 1 Tbsp Rice Vinegar
• extra :
• 1 Tbsp Sesame Oil
• 1 Tbsp Vegetable petroleum
• ,seeded 6-8 taiwanese Whole Dried Red Chili, seeded
• 1 Scallion/ Spring Onion, only greens chopped
• 1 Red Bell Pepper, diced, seeds and ribs removed
• 1 Medium Zucchini, diced
• 1/3 Cup Peanuts, dry roasted
• As per necessitate salt

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Instructions

1. In a mix stadium, add chicken pieces and add the ingredients mentioned under marination.
   Mix well and keep apart for a few minutes .
2. Heat a wok/skillet ( preferably nonstick ) and add the oil and let it get blistering.
   When the oil is blistering enough, add the chicken pieces and stir-fry till cooked well. Keep aside .
3. In a mix bowl add all the ingredients mentioned for sauce mix and mix well .
4. In the lapp pan, add the chili, zucchini, peanuts, bell peppers and discard well till they are slightly soft .
5. Add the chicken pieces, toss foster, add the sauce, adjust the salt and carbohydrate level and keep away .
6. Add the sauce mix and cook for few seconds, then add the veggies, peanuts and chicken.
   Cook for a few seconds.
   Toss well and serve immediately .

Yield:

3 Servings

Prep Time:

00:20:00 mins.

Cook time:

00:25:00 mins.

Total time:

45 mins.

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Recipe Notes:

• When you add the wimp to wok/pan, make sure you do not add the marinade.Use a spoon/fork to put only the chicken in the wok and not marinade .

• If you use the marinade along with wimp then the final dish will look very messy as the marinade will turn into large clumpy mass .

• If you like the sauce to have a little liquid then add fiddling more water to cornstarch and let the sauce last out watery than thick .

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