My taste buds are always ready for an Americanized Asian dish. Yes, I love genuine Asian food, but let’s face it, most of us grew up on the American version of General Tso’s Chicken. Likewise, I grew up with Kung Pao Chicken and love the Chinese inspired sauces mixed with peanuts! Thankfully, this recipe for Kung Pao Chicken means you don’t have to order out anymore. You can make this delicious meal straight from the comfort of your kitchen. If you want to skip to the recipe below feel free! I want to add that there were some specific things we did to prepare this meal and what makes it a little different than the usual recipe for this dish. First, we use chicken breasts and filet them into thin 1/2 inch slices. Those slices are then diced into cook-able squares. Yes you can just cut the chicken breast into 1 inch cubes, but we cook in bulk and tend to make other things out of leftover filet’s. Another specific aspect of this recipe is that we don’t use normal salted peanuts. During the first attempt at cooking Kung Pao Chicken, all we had were honey roasted peanuts, so we decided to give it a shot! Now, anytime we make this recipe we use honey roasted peanuts as it adds a nice zest. Feel free to add normal salted peanuts to your meal though. Be sure to check out more recipes if this doesn’t fit your needs! Need help converting measurements in the kitchen? Check out our articles on a Grams to Cups Conversion Table and our Tablespoons to Cups Conversion Chart!Healthy Kung Pao Chicken!
Homemade Kung Pao Chicken
Ingredients
Instructions
Sauce prep
Cooking chicken
A healthy kung pao chicken recipe, inspired by Chinese sauces and spices.
Combine water, 1/2 cup soy sauce, 1 tablespoon red cooking wine, balsamic vinegar, hoisin sauce, honey, and 1 teaspoon of cornstarch.
In medium sized bowl, mix together chicken and cornstarch.
Once chicken is evenly coated, add in 1 tablespoon of soy sauce and 1 tablespoon of red cooking wine.
Heat olive oil in pan for 1 minute over medium heat.
Add chicken to pan and toss to cook until crispy.
Once chicken is crispy (roughly 5 minutes), add in bell peppers, garlic, and ginger, cooking for another 3 minutes.
Pour in sauce from preparation and cook until the sauce thickens and is evenly coated around the chicken.
Finally, stir in the sesame oil and peanuts, cooking for another 2-3 minutes.
Serve with rice.
7 Comments
This is making me hungry
We are big into Asian food around here. This recipe looks amazing! 🙂
Thank you! 🙂
I had the Kung Pao🍗 chicken at a few restaurants and it was delicious 😋 Your recipe now shows me how to make it at home. Thanks for sharing .
Yum! 🙂
This sounds so divine and not very spicy. Can’t wait to try it.
The recipe looks yummy. I will try this recipe.