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Kung pao chicken
Ingredients
- 150 gram Chicken leg boneless
- 50 gram Corn flour/ potato starch
- 2 table spoon Dark soy sauce
- 1 table spoon Light soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 2 tea spoon Sugar
- 2 table spoon Chilli paste
- 10 gram Dry red chillies
- 1/2 tea spoon Sesame oil
- 1 tea spoon Chinese cooking wine
- 2 spoon Chinese vinegar/ malt vinegar
- 5 ml Ginger juice
- 50 ml Chicken stock
- 3 gram Sliced ginger
- 5-6 Garlic clove
- 10 gram Peanut/cashew nut
- 3 gram Szechuan pepper
- 30 ml oil
Steps
- Clean, wash and cut chicken in dices. Place the chicken in a bowl, add salt, few drops of light soy, salt, corn flour, oil and marinate the chicken.
- Heat oil in a wok/pan.
- Add Szechuan pepper and bring it to burning point, remove the peppers and lower the heat.
- Now add the dry red chilli in the oil and cook until fragrant.
- Now add the chicken and stir fry.
- Add chicken stock, darksoy, light soy,chilli paste, vinegar and ginger juice.
- Season with salt and sugar.
- Now add sesame oil and rice wine.
- Toss well and cook for 2-3 minute.
- Heat a small amount of oil, sliced ginger, garlic clove and peanut/ cashews.
- Add this to the chicken and thicken with diluted corn flour/ potato starch.
- Serve with fried rice or noodles.
- Garnish with spring onions