Grammy's Kitchen · Kung Pao Chicken · Kung Pao Chicken
One of 32 kung pao chicken recipes we measured
from www.budgetbytes.com
It ranks #30 of 32 for sear char among the kung pao chicken recipes we compared. 7 cooks on www.budgetbytes.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 | 17% | 20% |
| sweetener | 6% | 3% |
| thickener | 0% | 1% |
| aromatics | 34% | 34% |
| vegetables and beans | 81% | 22% |
| fat | 9% | 5% |
| acid | 0% | 4% |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 19 g | 2 Tbsp corn starch (divided, $0.12) |
| 30 g | 2 Tbsp water (divided (plus more to cook the rice) $0.00) |
| 41 g | 3 Tbsp vegetable oil (divided, $0.12) |
| 48 g | 3 Tbsp soy sauce (divided, $0.18) |
| 35 g | 3 Tbsp rice wine (divided, see notes, $0.41) |
| 6 g | 2 cloves garlic (minced (about 2 tsp) $0.08) |
| 454 g | 1 lb boneless skinless chicken breasts (see notes, $2.67) |
| 27 g | 2 Tbsp brown sugar ($0.06) |
| 2 Tbsp sambal (chili sauce, see notes, $0.30) | |
| 4 g | 1 tsp sesame oil ($0.12) |
| 120 g | 1 medium bell pepper (I used a green bell pepper, $0.86) |
| 227 g | 1/2 lb carrots ($1.26) |
| 150 g | 1 bunch green onions ($0.75) |
| 73 g | 1/2 cup roasted unsalted peanuts ($0.42) |
| 278 g | 1 1/2 cups uncooked jasmine rice ($0.42) |
Method: 7 steps, published by www.budgetbytes.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“To reduce calories, I left the oil out of the marinade and only used one tbsp in my giant cast iron, which was sufficient. The chicken was pretty liquidy and didn’t brown much. I took it out of the pan before putting the vegetables in so it didn’t overcook (ea” — a cook, 5.0★
“This was the first recipe I ever cooked from Budget Bytes more then 4 years ago and STILL my favorite recipe. What made me fall in love with Beth and 4 years later, still the only site I go to for recipies. But the Kung Pao Chicken is the perfect blend of ” — a cook, 5.0★