Kung Pao Chicken

Ingredients 21

• Chicken (boneless) 鸡肉½ 个
• Cucumber 黄瓜⅓ 个
• Carrot 胡萝卜¼ 个
• Roasted peanuts 花生to taste
• Chilli bean paste (doubanjiang) 豆瓣酱to taste
• Sichuan peppercorns 花椒to taste
• Dried red chillies 干辣椒3–4 个
• Shaoxing cooking wine 料酒to taste
• Light soy sauce 生抽to taste
• Salt 盐to taste
• Eggs 鸡蛋to taste
• Cornstarch 淀粉to taste
• Sesame oil 麻油to taste
• Vinegar 醋to taste
• Sugar 糖to taste
• Oyster sauce 蚝油to taste
• Honey 蜂蜜to taste
• Spring onion 葱to taste
• Garlic 蒜2–3 个
• Cooking oil 油to taste
• Water 水to taste

Steps 7

1. 1
   Step 1

   Trim the chicken breast and cut it into small cubes. Mix with a little cooking wine, soy sauce, salt, egg white, cornstarch and sesame oil, and leave for about 30 minutes.

   鸡胸肉去筋膜切小丁，加少许料酒、生抽、盐、蛋清、淀粉和麻油抓匀，腌30分钟左右。

2. 2
   Step 2

   Dice the cucumber and carrot. Cut the dried chillies into pieces and shake out the seeds, and chop the chilli bean paste.

   黄瓜和胡萝卜切小丁，干辣椒切段去籽，豆瓣酱剁碎。

3. 3
   Step 3

   Mix the sauce in a bowl: 1 spoon each of vinegar, sugar, cooking wine and honey, ½ spoon oyster sauce, 2 spoons water, chopped spring onion and garlic, a little sesame oil and 1 spoon cornstarch.

   调碗汁：醋、糖、料酒、蜂蜜各1勺，蚝油½勺，清水2勺，加葱花、蒜末、少许麻油和1勺淀粉搅匀。

4. 4
   Step 4

   Fry the peanuts in a little oil on low heat until cooked, then let them cool. Rub off the skins if you like.

   锅里放少许油，小火把花生炒熟，放凉，喜欢可以去皮。

5. 5
   Step 5

   Heat a little oil on high heat and stir-fry the chicken quickly, just until it changes colour (about 10 seconds). Take it out and keep the oil in the wok.

   另起锅少油烧热，大火下鸡丁快速划散，变色就盛出（大约10秒），底油留在锅里。

6. 6
   Step 6

   On low heat, fry the Sichuan peppercorns and chillies until fragrant, then the bean paste until the oil turns red. Turn the heat to high and add the cucumber and carrot until slightly soft.

   转小火下花椒和干辣椒爆香，再放豆瓣酱炒出红油，转大火放黄瓜丁和胡萝卜丁炒软。

7. 7
   Step 7

   Add the chicken back and toss. Pour the sauce in around the edge of the wok, toss quickly on high heat, then add the peanuts and serve at once.

   倒回鸡丁翻炒几下，沿锅边淋入碗汁，大火快速翻匀，最后放花生，马上出锅。