Grammy's Kitchen · Kung Pao Chicken · Kung Pao Chicken
One of 32 kung pao chicken recipes we measured
33 cooks on www.dinneratthezoo.com rate it 4.9★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 32.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 19% | 20% |
| sweetener | 7% | 3% |
| thickener | 0% | 1% |
| aromatics | 15% | 34% |
| vegetables and beans | 47% | 22% |
| fat | 5% | 5% |
| acid | 0% | 4% |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 27 g | 2 tablespoons vegetable oil (divided use) |
| 567 g | 1 1/4 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts (cut into 1 inch pieces) |
| 14 g | 1 1/2 tablespoons corn starch |
| 120 g | 1 red bell pepper (cut into 1 inch pieces) |
| 120 g | 1 green bell pepper (cut into 1 inch pieces) |
| 80 g | 1/2 cup yellow onion (cut into 1/2 inch pieces) |
| 4 g | 1 1/2 teaspoons minced garlic |
| 4-6 dried red chilies (seeded and cut in half (you can use more or less chilies to adjust the heat level to your preference)) | |
| 73 g | 1/2 cup roasted unsalted peanuts |
| salt and pepper to taste | |
| 48 g | 3 tablespoons low sodium soy sauce |
| 25 g | 1 1/2 tablespoons hoisin sauce |
| 14 g | 1 tablespoon sesame oil |
| 12 g | 1 tablespoon sugar |
| 10 g | 1 tablespoon corn starch |
| 59 g | 1/4 cup water |
Method: 7 steps, published by www.dinneratthezoo.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“This recipe was easy and tasted great. My boyfriend is picky but had seconds and said he’d eat again. A win in my book! I didn’t have chilis and intended to replace with red pepper flakes but forgot. Otherwise I followed the recipe as written.” — a cook, 5.0★
“I made this today and it was delicious! I made it exactly as written except for substituting red pepper flakes as I didn’t have dried red chilies. This recipe is going in my tried and true favorites file.” — a cook, 5.0★