Welsh Family Kitchen
Kung Pao Chicken
This evolved into TomGolian BBQ
Ingredients:
1 red bell pepper
1 small onion
2-3 boneless, skinless Chicken breasts
1/3 cup Soy sauce, divided
1/4 cup water
3 tablespoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons sugar
2 teaspoons cornstarch
1/4 teaspoon dried crushed red pepper
1 Tablespoon chopped Jalapeņo
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 Tablespoon minced Garlic
1/2 cup unsalted cashews
Fluffy Hot Rice Or Asian Sobo noodles
Procedures:
  • Cut the bell pepper and onion into 1/2" strips.
  • Cut Chicken into 1/2" cubes and put in a ziploc bag. Drizzle with 1/4 cup Soy Sauce and marinate for at least an hour.
  • Combine remaining soy sauce, water and next 6 ingredients, stirring until blended; set aside.
  • Pour olive oil around the top of a wok or skillet, coating sides; heat at medium-high heat for 2 minutes. Add Chicken and garlic; stir-fry 3 minutes or until lightly browned. Add bell pepper, water chestnuts and onion; stir-fry 3 minutes or until vegetables are tender.
  • Add soy sauce mixture; stir-fry 2-3 minutes or until thickened. Stir in peanuts; serve over rice.
Notes:
2023-12-08: We used 3 chicken breasts, a poblano pepper and served it over Kame Asian noodles and included cashews in place of the peanuts, and added 2 carrots, matchsticked. We need to add scallions and pineapple, and more carrots.
2021-02-12: No peanuts; served over Sobo noodles.
2019-05-25: no corn starch.
2018-01-29: with 2 chicken breasts (not marinated) this first attempt was served over 1/2 pack of Asian noodles; a full pack would be better.
02/12/2024
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