Kung Pao Chicken
Numbing, sweet, sour, and fast.
- Total
- 30 min
- Active
- 25 min
- Serves
- 4
- Cuisine
- chinese
Servings4
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Ingredients
Chicken
Sauce
Stir-fry
Steps
Toss the chicken with the cornstarch and 1 tbsp of the soy sauce and leave 10 minutes.
Mix the remaining soy sauce, vinegar, and sugar into a sauce.
Fry the chilies and peppercorns in hot oil for 20 seconds until fragrant, then add the chicken and sear hard without stirring for a minute.
Stir-fry until the chicken is cooked through, add the sauce, and let it thicken and coat.
Toss in the peanuts and scallions off the heat and serve with rice.