A Person Stays Home, Makes Small-Portion Kung Pao Chicken, the Flavor is Still Good, and the Recipe is Simple
Kung Pao Chicken is a signature dish from Sichuan, known for its spicy and refreshing flavor with chicken breast as the main ingredient. It's actually very simple to make. Today, Zhouchou is making a single-serving Kung Pao Chicken and sharing the simplest guide.
Ingredients:
Chicken breast, lettuce (), peanuts, green onion, chili peppers, ginger slices, garlic, green onion, scallion, Sichuan peppercorns
Ingredient Preparation
Steps:
First step: Stir-fry peanuts. Preheat a non-stick skillet, pour in the peanuts, and stir-fry until done. Alternatively, you can microwave the peanuts or deep-fry them.
Stir-frying Peanuts
Second step: Pound the chicken breast with the back of a knife several times, then cut it into dicing pieces.
Chicken Breast Cutting
Third step: Marinate the chicken breast. Add appropriate amount of edible oil, cornstarch, salt, Sichuan peppercorns, stir until well combined, add a little cooking wine to remove fishy smell, and marinate for 15 minutes. (For a larger family portion, you can add an egg yolk to make the meat texture more tender.)
Marinating Chicken
Fourth step: Peel and dice the lettuce ().
Lettuce Cutting
Fifth step: Heat a wok with oil, heat the oil to 67% and add diced chicken breast. Stir-fry until it turns white, then remove from the wok and set aside.
Stir-frying Chicken
Sixth step: Add the diced lettuce to the pot and stir-fry until cooked through.
Stir-frying Lettuce
Seventh step: Heat a wok again, add hot oil, add diced green onions, chili peppers, garlic slices, ginger slices, and Sichuan peppercorns over high heat to make them fragrant.
Stir-frying
Eighth step: Add the diced chicken and diced lettuce back into the wok, add cornstarch slurry, add peanuts, and salt, stir-fry evenly.
Adding Cornstarch and Stir-frying
Ninth step: Serve, plate, and garnish with scallion flowers.
Plating
Garnish with scallion flowers
Finished Product
Finished Product
Kung Pao Chicken is so easy to make! If you're interested, try it out now! If you're cooking for a family, increase the portion size.
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