Saturday, 18 September 2010

Kung Pao Chicken With an Extra Kick of POW POW Spiciness


Ingredients:
3 tablespoons peanut oil
2 red chillies
1 green chillie
2 thinly sliced boneless chicken breasts
2 hand scoops of peanuts
1 green bell pepper
1/2 onion
1 red bell pepper
1 tablespoon of chicken powder
2 tablespoons of rice wine or white wine
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 teaspoon sugar
a dash of salt
1 tablespoon of coarsely chopped garlic
2 teaspoons of finely chopped spring/green onions
1 teaspoon thinly sliced fresh root ginger
2 teaspoons rice vinegar
2 teaspoons sesame oil

Prep Work:
  1. Wash and cut bell peppers and green onions.
  2. Wash and cut chillies lengthways in half. Remove some of the seeds to make it less spicy.
  3. Peel fresh ginger. Then cut or peel 1 teaspoon of ginger.
  4. Peel and slice onion.
  5. To make sauce mix soy sauce, rice vinegar, wine, chicken powder, garlic, spring onion, salt and sugar in a bowl.

Directions:
  1. Heat up oil in small pan on low heat. Add peanuts and roast, stirring/flipping every once in a while so they don't burn. Drain oil from peanuts in a sieve and put aside.
  2. Heat up oil until very hot. Add chicken, chillies, garlic and ginger and stir fry till 2/3 cooked. 
  3. Add bell peppers and stir fry till almost fully cooked.
  4. Add onions and stir fry for 10 seconds, then add sauce and sesame oil.
  5. Add roasted peanuts and stir fry.
  6. Serve and enjoy :)
























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