Recipe: Tasty Kung Pao Chicken (simple version)

Kung Pao Chicken (simple version). I lived in China for two years, and this recipe (with some important but minor changes) comes very close to the Kung Pao chicken that can be found in Beijing restaurants. This easy homemade recipe is healthy, low in calories and much better than takeout. Kung Pao Chicken is a popular Chinese take out, and it's no surprise!

Plus it's healthier and lower in calories. How to Make Healthy Kung Pao Chicken. Kung pao chicken is really just spicy sautéed chicken typically served with crushed peanuts. You can cook Kung Pao Chicken (simple version) using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Kung Pao Chicken (simple version)

1. Prepare 1 of chicken breast (cut diced).
2. It's 5 of red dried chillies (soaked).
3. You need 5 tbsp of cooking oil.
4. It's of Shaoxing wine.
5. Prepare of Cashew nuts.
6. It's of 🔸Marinated.
7. You need 5 tbsp of sweet soy sauce.
8. It's 5 tbsp of soy sauce.
9. It's 2 tsp of salt.
10. You need 2 tsp of sugar.
11. Prepare 1 tsp of white pepper powder.
12. You need 2 cloves of garlic (finely chopped).

This healthy version uses less oil than the classic take-out dish and it's loaded with extra veggies. To start, you simply heat sesame oil in a pan and sauté your chicken chunks with garlic and ginger. You can easily apply the same method to cook kung pao shrimp, kung pao beef, kung pao tofu, etc. By the way, I added cucumber in this recipe.

Kung Pao Chicken (simple version) step by step

1. Cut diced the chicken, and boil the dried chillies.
2. Marinate chicken with sweet soy sauce, soy sauce, salt, pepper, and sugar, and minced garlic for an hour..
3. Heat the oil in a wok, and sauteed the marinated chicken and red dried chillies and add shaoxing wine until it gets firm and dry. Then put aside..
4. Heat the leftover marinated sauce in the wok until it's thickened..
5. Put the chicken on the serving plate, pour the sauce, and last sprinkle with cashew nuts..
6. NB: I only soak 3 chillies and the other 2 directedly into the wok. And i used salted roasted cashew nuts..

This makes it much like the classic Beijing style kung pao chicken. Cube the cucumber into small pieces and add it at the end. You'll be surprised how flavorful it tastes. This delicious Kung Pao Chicken recipe is quick and easy to make, and tastes even better than the restaurant version! I seriously don't know how the weekends seem to be zooming by so quickly lately.