I feel like lately I’ve been on an Asian food kick. Chinese, Japanese, and Thai are some of my favorite cuisines. I have been getting into cooking them at home more and found that I actually like my home cooked dishes better than those I order in restaurants. At home I can control how hot I want it and my order is always correct, unlike the other day when I asked for my red curry Thai hot and instead I got mild red curry and hot pad Thai, hmm…
So my quest to cook more Asian foods at home has begun. I like that this recipe is pretty healthy if you are trying to go low carb this new year you could serve it over a bed of stir fry vegetables. Either way it will be delicious!
Kung Pao Chicken
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Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Asian
Serves: 4-6
Ingredients
- 2 large chicken breasts (about 1lb total), cut into 1” pieces
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 2 teaspoons sesame or vegetable oil
- 3 tablespoons green onion, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- ½ teaspoon fresh grated ginger (or can substitute ground)
- 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 teaspoons sugar
Instructions
- In a bowl, combine chicken and cornstarch. Toss to coat.
- Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add chicken and stir fry 7-8 minutes until no longer pink. Remove from skillet, set aside.
- Add onion, garlic, red pepper, and ginger to skillet. Stir fry quickly less than a minute.
- In a small bowl combine vinegar, soy sauce and sugar. Add to skillet.
- Add chicken back in and toss to combine. Let simmer over medium low heat until sauce has thickened.
- Serve over rice.
Adapted from Food.com
Nothing beats homemade take-out!
Agreed!
This looks great! Definitely want to try this!
Thanks Alice
Hey, a version of Kung Pao Chicken without peanuts. Yay!
I’m not really a peanut fan so I leave them out of most recipe that call for them.
Love Kung Pao Chicken especially with Cashew Nuts. Will try this recipe soon
Oh I didn’t think of adding cashews. I do love to order cashew chicken extra spicy, I bet that would be great!
This dish looks great! Loved the recipe, very wonderful. I’ve been in China for the past couple of months and it’s always my safety dish. I can never get old of it. I found some really interesting history behind this dish that I think you all would be interesting in reading. http://www.theworldofchinese.com/2010/10/the-story-behind-kung-pao-chicken/ Can’t wait to make some on my own!