Kung Pao Chicken

The formula

Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 32.

	this recipe	typical
liquid	14%	20%
sweetener	4%	3%
thickener	1%	1%
aromatics	2%	34%
vegetables and beans	0%	22%
fat	6%	5%
acid	3%	4%

Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)

Ingredients

Weights computed by us.

16 g	1 tablespoon soy sauce
12 g	1 tablespoon rice wine (or use dry sherry)
5 g	2 teaspoons cornstarch
454 g	1 pound boneless chicken (cut into bite-size pieces (use chicken breast, chicken thighs, or a combination))
32 g	2 tablespoons light soy sauce
16 g	1 tablespoon dark soy sauce
15 g	1 tablespoon Chinese black vinegar (or use balsamic vinegar)
11 g	2 teaspoons hoisin sauce
4 g	1 teaspoon sesame oil
7 g	1 teaspoon honey
1 g	1/2 teaspoon ground Sichuan peppercorns ((black pepper is an OK substitute))
	1 teaspoon chili flakes
27 g	2 tablespoons vegetable oil (or use sesame oil)
	10 dried Chinese peppers (whole (or use chili de arbol - see recipe notes))
	2-3 fresh chili peppers
	4 scallions (chopped)
9 g	3 cloves garlic (minced)
73 g	1/2 cup roasted peanuts
	Extra roasted peanuts, chopped scallions, spicy chili flakes

Method: 7 steps, published by www.chilipeppermadness.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.

“I was surprised at how easy this was and that I had almost 100% of the ingredients in the house already! I used a fork hubby used chopsticks, I think I won since the peanuts were captured. Initially I was worried because it seemed to juicy but it was perfect ” — a cook, 5.0★

“Excellent recipe! I typically add more vegetables, a small bunch of green beans, 1" prices and blanched, 1 large carrot cut into thin coins, thinly sliced onion, and a nice piece of fresh ginger cut into match sticks. I even used asparagus cut into 1" pieces, ” — a cook, 5.0★