Kung Pao Quesadillas Food

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.

KUNG PAO QUESADILLAS

Steps:

• Heat canola oil on med-hi heat in a large skillet.
• Saute the onions, garlic, and jalapeno for 1 minute.
• Add the turkey and cook until it is no longer pink (about 5 minutes).
• Turn down heat to med-low and add the peas and the water chestnuts. Cook for about 5 more minutes.
• Add lime zest, lime juice, soy sauce, and pepper flakes; Stir then remove from heat.
• Pour turkey mix into a bowl so you can use the skillet.
• Put a tortilla into the skillet; put some turkey mix on it then add cheese and peanuts to your taste.
• Fold the tortilla over and cook over med. heat until browned on both sides (using a spatula to turn and flatten).
• Add more oil as you need to brown each quesadilla.

PORTABELLA KUNG PAO

Steps:

• Whisk all ingredients for the sauce together except the cornstarch.
• Whisk in cornstarch until dissolved.
• Set aside.
• Prepare vegetables.
• Heat oil in a large skillet or wok over high heat.
• Add ginger, garlic, and pepper flakes.
• Stir fry 20-30 seconds.
• Add mushrooms and asparagus and stir fry 1 minute.
• Add water, cover, and steam 2 minutes.
• Uncover and stir in sauce mixture.
• Bring to a boil and cook 1 minute or until thickened.
• Add tomatoes and scallions.
• Garnish each serving with cashews.
• Serve immediately with sesame noodles.

KUNG PAO SCALLOPS

Steps:

• For the sauce: In a small bowl, combine the soy sauce, chili sauce, vinegar, and sugar. In a separate small bowl, mix together the water and the cornstarch; set aside.
• In a wok, turn the heat onto high and add the oil, when the wok is smoking hot, add the dried chili pods to toast (they are done when they turn dark).
• Add the garlic and onion, stir for 3 seconds, then add the scallops (note: make sure the scallops have been thawed and thoroughly drained in a colander before adding them to the wok).
• Add the kung pao sauce and the cornstarch mixture and stir in the wok until the scallops are cooked through.

MOO SHU CHICKEN QUESADILLAS - WW 4 POINTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425ºF. Coat a large skillet or wok with cooking spray; add oil and heat over high heat until sizzling.
• Add chicken and 1 teaspoon of soy sauce to wok or skillet; cook, stir-frying, until well-browned, about 5 minutes. Add vegetables, scallions and remaining teaspoon of soy sauce; cook about 2 minutes. Add hoisin sauce; stir-fry until heated through, about 1 minute.
• Place 4 tortillas on a large baking sheet (or 2 smaller baking sheets). Spread about a heaping 3/4 cup of chicken-vegetable mixture over each tortilla and sprinkle each with 2 tablespoons of cheese; top with remaining tortillas.
• Bake quesadillas until golden brown and cheese melts, about 10 minutes. Remove from oven and let sit about 5 minutes before cutting each quesadilla into 4 wedges each. Yields 2 wedges per serving.

MEXICAN PORK STEW

Steps:

• Heat oil in a Dutch oven. Dredge pork cubes in seasoned flour, brown on all sides. Set aside.
• NOTE: "Brown" means "brown." Don't remove the pork cubes when they're merely gray (the biggest mistake home cooks make when they're browning meat for a stew.) The pork cubes should be browned to where they look like they could be eaten as is.
• Add onion, garlic, and Anaheims. Cook until onion softens, about 3-4 minutes.
• Add seasonings and bay leaf. Cook 1 minute.
• Deglaze with ½ cup chicken broth. Return the pork to the Dutch oven. Add the remaining chicken broth, chopped tomatoes, and refried beans.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat, simmer with lid off for two hours.
• Can be served on the plate as a stew, with heated flour tortillas to sop up all the goodness, or can be used to make burritos. Just add an appropriate amount of stew in a line across the center of a heated flour tortilla, sprinkle on top of the stew some shredded iceberg lettuce and chopped fresh tomatoes, and place at either end of the line sour cream and guacamole.
• To increase the heat, add more Anaheims. To increase it further, add more chili powder (but try increasing the heat first by adding more Anaheims.).