Grammy's Kitchen · Kung Pao Chicken · Kung Pao Chicken Meatballs
One of 32 kung pao chicken recipes we measured
from iowagirleats.com
2 cooks on iowagirleats.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 32.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 34% | 20% |
| sweetener | 6% | 3% |
| thickener | 0% | 1% |
| aromatics | 69% | 34% |
| vegetables and beans | 0% | 22% |
| fat | 0% | 5% |
| acid | 7% | 4% |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 454 g | 1 lb ground chicken |
| 300 g | 2 green onions (chopped and divided) |
| 6 g | 2 cloves garlic (minced) |
| 0 g | 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger |
| salt and pepper | |
| 50 g | 1 egg (whisked) |
| 54 g | 1/2 cup gluten-free bread crumbs |
| 36 g | 1/4 cup chopped peanuts |
| sesame seeds | |
| 96 g | 6 Tablespoons gluten free reduced-sodium Tamari (or soy sauce if not GF) |
| 30 g | 2 Tablespoons chicken broth |
| 30 g | 2 Tablespoons rice vinegar |
| 25 g | 2 Tablespoons sugar |
| 8 g | 1 Tablespoon chili garlic sauce |
| 2 g | 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil |
| 0 g | 1/8 teaspoon ground ginger |
| pinch red chili pepper flakes | |
| 4 g | 1-1/2 teaspoons gluten-free flour |
| 30 g | 2 Tablespoons water |
Method: 3 steps, published by iowagirleats.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I made the sauce only, but will try the meatballs next time as we don't really like the gluten free chicken meatballs we found at Costco. It was soooo good. Since our 5 and 12 yo's were eating I substituted Thai Sweet Chili in for the chili garlic sauce and le” — a cook, 5.0★
“Awesome!” — a cook, 5.0★