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Kung Pao Chicken
The classic sweet-sour-spicy Sichuan stir-fry with tender marinated chicken, roasted peanuts and that addictive tingle from Sichuan pepper.
- Prep
- 10min
- Cook
- 15min
- Total
- 25min
- Serves
- 4
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Ingredients
For 4 servings
- 500g chicken thigh fillets, cut into bite-sized pieces
- 2 tbsp peanut oil
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 tsp fresh ginger, finely chopped
- 6–10 dried red chillies, cut into 2cm pieces, most seeds discarded
- 3 spring onions, cut into 2cm pieces, white and green parts separated
- 1½ tsp ground Sichuan peppercorns
- 90g roasted unsalted peanuts
- 2 tsp cornflour
- 1 tbsp light soy sauce
- 1½ tbsp dark soy sauce
- 2 tbsp Chinese black vinegar
- 1 tbsp Chinese cooking wine
- 3 tbsp sugar
- ½ tsp sesame oil
- 80ml water
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Rich, warming and shockingly simple.
12 Apr 2026
- Paul
Rich, warming and shockingly simple.
12 Apr 2026
- Paul
Rich, warming and shockingly simple.
12 Apr 2026
- Paul
Rich, warming and shockingly simple.
12 Apr 2026
- Paul
Rich, warming and shockingly simple.
12 Apr 2026
- Paul
Rich, warming and shockingly simple.
12 Apr 2026
- Paul
Rich, warming and shockingly simple.
12 Apr 2026
- Paul
Rich, warming and shockingly simple.
12 Apr 2026
- Paul
Rich, warming and shockingly simple.
12 Apr 2026
- Paul
Rich, warming and shockingly simple.
12 Apr 2026
- Paul
Rich, warming and shockingly simple.
12 Apr 2026
- Paul
Rich, warming and shockingly simple.
12 Apr 2026
- Paul
Rich, warming and shockingly simple.
12 Apr 2026
- Paul
Rich, warming and shockingly simple.
12 Apr 2026
- Paul
Rich, warming and shockingly simple.
12 Apr 2026
- Paul
Rich, warming and shockingly simple.
12 Apr 2026
- Paul
Rich, warming and shockingly simple.
12 Apr 2026
- Paul
Rich, warming and shockingly simple.
12 Apr 2026
- Paul
Rich, warming and shockingly simple.
12 Apr 2026
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