Kung Pao chicken stir-fry
By Chatelaine175
PREP TIME
20 min
TOTAL TIME
20 min
Serves
4
Is a wok best for cooking a stir fry? Yes, but cast-iron pans will also work very well if you don't own a wok. Photo, Erik Putz.
This delicious soy-sherry sauce works just as well with pork or firm tofu. As with all stir-fries, have all ingredients prepped and measured before starting to cook.
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp soy sauce , divided
- 2 tbsp dry sherry , divided
- 1 tbsp minced fresh ginger
- 2 tsp dark sesame oil
- 2 skinless, bonless chicken breasts , cut into bite-sized pieces
- 1 1/2 tsp cornstarch
- 1 tsp granulated sugar or honey
- 1 tbsp hot chili-garlic sauce
- 1 tbsp canola oil
- 1 red bell pepper , chopped
- 2 green onions , thinly sliced
- 1/2 cup cashews or peanuts , preferably untoasted and unsalted
Instructions
- STIR 1 tbsp each soy and sherry with ginger and sesame oil in a medium bowl. Stir in chicken until well coated. Stir in cornstarch. Combine remaining 1 tbsp each soy and sherry with sugar and chili-garlic sauce in a small bowl.
- HEAT a medium non-stick frying pan over medium-high. Add oil, then marinated chicken. Stir-fry chicken until almost no pink remains, 3 to 5 min. Add bell pepper and cook until it starts to soften, about 2 min. Stir soy-sherry mixture and pour over chicken and pepper. Add onions and cashews. Stir until nuts are heated through, 1 to 2 min. Remove from heat. Serve chicken stir fry with steamed rice if desired.
How-to video
Nutrition (per serving)
- Calories
- 264,
- Protein
- 21 g,
- Carbohydrates
- 10 g,
- Fat
- 16 g,
- Fibre
- 2 g,
- Sodium
- 512 mg.
