Some say "Kung Pao Chicken originated from spicy stir-fried sauce in Guizhou, passed to Qilu with green pepper sauce, and flourished in Bashu with spicy frying." Regardless of its origin, Kung Pao Chicken has been integrated into various regions and is widely popular.
Kung Pao Chicken
Today, Chef Guo simplifies the process and teaches you how to make family-style Kung Pao Chicken. This dish, improved by Chef Guo, is sweet, salty, sour, and fresh, tender and chewy, easy to make, and the flavor remains unchanged! Tender chicken paired with crispy fried peanuts, red but not spicy, rich in sweetness, will surely impress your family!
Method
Step 1: Marinate the diced chicken with salt, pepper, cooking wine, egg liquid, and starch, then stir-fry in oil at 50% heat;
Step 2: Prepare a sauce with scallions, garlic, cooking wine, vinegar, sugar, salt, soy sauce, pepper, sesame oil, and cornstarch;
Step 3: Stir-fry Sichuan pepper and dried chili, add scallions, ginger, garlic, diced chicken, sauce, and peanuts, stir well, and it’s ready to taste.
RECIPE
Blood Glutinous Rice Layered Cake
In addition, Chef Cao will also teach you how to make a beginner-friendly delicious cake - Blood Glutinous Rice Layered Cake, elegantly shaped, with rich layers of flavor, no oven needed, and no complicated techniques, come learn it quickly!
Blood glutinous rice nourishes the blood and supplements the five organs. After steaming, it combines with the fragrant layered cake skin, paired with sweet cream and refreshing mango, the deliciousness always leaves a deep impression unexpectedly~
Let’s learn how to make it!
- Soak 250g of black glutinous rice for 5 hours, steam with 350g of water until cooked, add 20g of sugar, a suitable amount of condensed milk and coconut milk, and stir well;
- Mix 45g of low-gluten flour, 1 egg, 7g of butter, 135g of milk, and 15g of sugar until smooth, and spread into a thin pancake;
- Whip heavy cream with 8% sugar until stiff peaks form. Combine with chiffon cake and black glutinous rice, wrap in the pancake, decorate with fruit, and enjoy.