Kung Pao Chicken
Overview
How to cook Kung Pao Chicken at home
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Ingredients
Steps
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Soak peanuts in boiling water for a few minutes
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Peel (ignore this step if you are in a hurry)
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Pour the peanuts into the hot pot with cold oil, wait slowly, and stir constantly until the color becomes darker. Turn off the heat when you hear the crackling sound
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Drain and add a little salt, cool, it will be crispy after ten minutes
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Marinate diced chicken: Add the four kinds of ginger, rice wine, a little salt, and egg white in order, mix well, then add starch (about 1-2 spoons according to the amount of diced chicken), mix well, and finally pour oil to seal. Put it in the refrigerator to freeze for a while, and then take it out when the ingredients are ready
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Prepare ingredients: Dice cucumber
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Dice the onion and cut the dried chili into sections
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Prepare the ginger and garlic granules, prepare the water starch, and put the peppercorns next to it. Also chop a small spoonful of Pixian douban (for coloring), and then adjust the most important lychee flavor bowl juice: the ratio of light soy sauce: white sugar: rice vinegar: balsamic vinegar is: 1:2:2:0.5. After mixing, add the ginger, garlic and chives.
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Heat the pan with cold oil and slowly spread the diced chicken. When all the chicken turns white, pour it out. Drain the oil and set aside
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In the oil pan, add: Sichuan peppercorns, dried chili segments, and diced onions, stir-fry until fragrant, then add chopped Pixian bean paste, stir-fry all until fragrant
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Pour in the diced chicken and stir-fry quickly
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Pour the mixed juice into the bowl, pour in the prepared starch water, stir-fry quickly, turn off the heat, add peanuts and diced cucumber, stir-fry evenly and serve on a plate