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Kung Pao Chicken

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by Chef Terrance Fong

Summary: Kung Pao Chicken Dinner entre

Cooking time (duration): 15 minutes

Number of servings (yield): 2

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Ingredients

Marinade:

  • White Velvet Marinade
  • 1 large egg white
  • 1 tablespoon Chinese rice wine or dry sherry
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1 tablespoon cornstarch
  • 1 boneless skinless chicken breast sliced thinly

Sauce:

  • 2 cups soybean oil plus 2 tbl
  • 3 chili pods
  • 1 tbl chopped garlic
  • 2 tbl sugar
  • 2 scallions chopped
  • 1 scallion slivered
  • 1/2 c Shaoxing wine, chinese rice wine
  • 2 tbl rice vinegar
  • 1 tbl lite soy sauce
  • 1 tbl mushroom soy sauce
  • 1 tsp cornstarch
  • 3 tbl water
  • 1/4 c peanuts for garnish

Instructions

Marinade:

  1. Combine all ingredients and let marinade 30 minutes to 8 hours, if you have the time.

Chicken:

  1. In 2 cups of hot oil, cook chicken in two separate batches. Drain and set aside.
  2. In wok or large skillet, heat 2 tbl of oil until smoking.
  3. Add chili pods and stir briefly until they start to turn a brown color.
  4. Add garlic, sugar, 2 of the chopped scallions, rice wine, rice vingegar, both soys and stir.
  5. Combine cornstarch and water (a slurry) in a small bowl and add to skillet. This will thicken the sauce.
  6. Add chicken and toss to coat in the sauce.
  7. Serve garnished with peanuts and slivered scallion along side white rice.

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