Homemade Kung Pao Sauce Food

KUNG PAO SAUCE

Steps:

• Firstly, Add 1 and 1/2 tablespoons cooking wine, 1 teaspoon light soy sauce, 1/8 teaspoon dark soy sauce, 1/2 teaspoon Chinese black vinegar, 1/2 teaspoon white pepper, 1/8 teaspoon monosodium glutamate, 1 teaspoon sugar, 1/2 tablespoon corn starch.Stir it and save for later.
• For a healthier choice, we'll use chicken breast to do this recipe. It needs about 250g chicken breast for the recipe. Cutting the chicken breasts to little bits of chicken.
• Add 1/8 teaspoon salt, 1/8 tablespoon white pepper, 2 teaspoons cooking wine, 1/4 teaspoon dark soy sauce.Add 1 teaspoon corn starch, 1/2 tablespoon corn oil which can stop them from sticking together.Then mix up them with the chicken and make the chicken absorb the ingredients' flavour.
• Add 2 tablespoons corn oil into the pan.Pour 30g peanuts into the pan. Cooking it at low heat. Keep stirring it until you have listened to the broken sound from the peanuts. If most of the peanuts have broken that means the peanuts cooked enough.Drain oil and save for later.
• 10g ginger, finely minced and save for later.1 small or medium garlic clove, finely minced and save for later.1 bunch green onion, finely minced and save for later.5g dry red pepper, finely minced and save for later.Some red sichuan peppercorns, put in the bowl and save for later.
• Add 200ml (about 20 tablespoons) corn oil into the pan. Pour 2 tablespoons oil which from cooked the chicken before. Heat the pan to hot enough, add dry red peppers, green prickleyash to cook. The dry red peppers must be cooked at least brown. After a few times stir-fry, add minced ginger and minced garlic before. Stir in the ingredients that become to have a great smell, add the chicken. Use the high temperature to fry them a few times to make the chicken absorb the flavour of pepper, ginger, garlic.Then add the sauce we had mixed up before, continue to stir-fry to ensure that they are mix enough. Adding crispy peanuts and minced green onion, 1/2 teaspoon oil.

HOMEMADE KUNG PAO SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine Chinkiang vinegar, light soy sauce, Shaoxing wine, sugar, cornstarch, and salt in a small bowl. Set aside.
• Add peanut oil, chili pepper flakes, and sesame seeds in a sauce pan. Cook over medium low heat until it reaches a gentle sizzle. Turn to medium low heat. Cook and stir until the chili powder turns dark brown (without turning black). If the oil start to bubble fiercely, remove the pan from the heat.
• Add ground Sichuan peppercorns, garlic and ginger. Cook and stir for another 30 seconds to release fragrance.
• Stir the vinegar-based sauce with a spoon to dissolve cornstarch completely. Carefully add to the saucepan. Cook and stir until the sauce thickens just enough to coat a spoon (the sauce will thicken once cooled down). Transfer to a bowl immediately.
• Once the sauce is cooled down completely, transfer to an airtight jar. Store in the fridge for 1 to 2 weeks. Store the sauce in the freezer for longer period of time.

KUNG PAO CHICKEN

Steps:

• Marinade: In a non-reactive bowl, prepare the marinade. Combine the rice wine, peanut oil, soy sauce, salt and cornstarch. Stir in the chicken pieces and refrigerate for 20 to 30 minutes.
• Sauce: In a small bowl, combine the ingredients for the sauce. Set aside.
• Over high heat, in a wok, bring the peanut oil to almost smoking temperature. Stir-fry the chilies, ginger, garlic and white part of the green onions for 30 to 40 seconds, or until the chilies turn dark. Add the chicken and stir-fry for 1 to 2 minutes, until golden in color.
• Add the sauce and bring to a boil. Add the peanuts. Thicken with the slurry and continue to cook until glossy. Transfer to a serving plate and garnish with julienne green onions.