This recipe was first posted in late 2016. Fives years later in 2021 – here I am posting it again with minor revisions.
For those of you who are frequent visitors of my blog, not much has changed. I doubled the quantities that’s all! I used to cook it for my husband and I, and no our family has grown so doubling it is the perfect proportion to serve a family of four.
Incidentally this now comes with an updated video. When I filmed it, I didn’t have any red peppers on hand, and went to four different stores and still didn’t manage to get my hands on any! With that said, if you don’t have a red chili pepper on hand, go for a green chili pepper. The presentation won’t look the same, but the flavor is all-in. Happy Cooking.
Baked Kung Pao Chicken
Traditionally Kung Pao is known as a spicy stir-fry… I like to keep my chicken slightly fried and have it baked instead, while retaining the flavor of one of the most popular dishes among Chinese take-out.
Ingredients
- 3-4 chicken breasts cut into bite-sized pieces 500 - 600 grams
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 3 cups cornstarch
- 3 eggs beaten
- ¼ cup canola oil
- ½ cup light soy sauce
- ½ cup vinegar
- 1 tablespoon Sriracha sauce
- 2 teaspoon minced garlic
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 red pepper chopped
- 1/3 cup peanuts
- Scallions chopped for garnish
Instructions
- Dip chicken into corn starch, then into egg mixture, and then again in starch again. and fry until golden brown on all sides.
- Fry on all sides till light golden. The chicken will remain raw on the inside. That's fine you only want a nice crust. Repeat for all chicken bites.
- Place chicken in an oven proof dish.
- Mean while, whisk remaining ingredients except for the TBSP of starch into a bowl. If you feel the mixture needs thickening then you may add the TBSP of corn starch.
- Cover the chicken with the prepared sauce and bake for 30 minutes to 40 minutes at 180 degrees.
- The time it takes to bake the chicken depends on the size of your chicken bites.
- Make sure to coat the ingredients with the sauce at 15 minute intervals.
- Best served with rice or noodles.
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