Kung Pao Chicken Recipe is very much a classic Chinese cuisine and very popular in Cambodia. This popular Chinese recipe is best if you deep fry the chicken or just stir fry it with chicken with the combination of salty, sweet and spicy flavor.

Kung Pao Chicken Recipe
Recipe by Cambodia RecipeKung Pao Chicken Recipe is very much a classic Chinese cuisine and very popular in Cambodia. This popular Chinese recipe is best if you deep fry the chicken or just stir fry it with chicken with the combination of salty, sweet and spicy flavor.
2
servings30
minutes30
minutes806
kcal1
hourTo marinate the chicken
1 lb chicken breast cut to bite size
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
2 tablespoon Chinese cooking wine
Let it marinate for 30 minutes
- For the stir fry sauce
2 tablespoon hoisin sauce
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 tablespoon oyster sauce
1 1/2 tablespoon dark soy sauce
1/2 tablespoon sesame oil
1 tablespoon rice vinegar or white vinegar
1 tablespoon corn starch
1/2 to 2/3 cup of low sodium chicken broth (depend on how much sauce you like)
Mix all the sauce ingredients together and set aside
- For the vegetable
2 stalk of celery cut or slices to bit size
1 carrot cut or slices to bite size
1/2 cup peanut
10 dried Thai chilies or use Mexican dried chilies
3 green onions cut to 1 inch long
1 tablespoon minced garlic
Directions
- Heat enough oil on medium heat deep fry the chicken until almost done. Take it out set aside. Take the oil out, but leave about 3 T in the wok for stir fry.
- Turn the heat back on to high, add dried chilies, peanut stir fry until the aroma come out and the peanut turn color then add garlic, carrot, celery in stir fry until the vegetable are tender then add chicken, and stir fry until all combine and hot, now add the stir fry sauce and green onion in and mix well the stir fry should be thicker.
- Turn the heat off.
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Notes
- Serve kung Pao Chicken with steamed rice.
Nutrition Facts
- Total number of serves: 2
- Calories: 806kcal
- Fat: 32g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Cholesterol: 159mg
- Sodium: 6066mg
- Carbohydrates: 66g
- Fiber: 9g
- Sugar: 32g
- Protein: 66g
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