this dish.The recipe is from a booklet distributed by an upscale restaurant that held a food festival some years ago. It was featuring Fiery Feast, showcasing the spicy Szechuan Cuisine. As I had already said, men at home have always been foodies, what with Amma cooking different cuisines with equal aplomb. Daddy and bro were typical connoisseurs and it was not restricted to Indian cuisine. They would be willing to try anything. On the other hand, even though Hubby dear can't eat anything non spicy, he is not very fond of saucy, slimy
dishes. Which means Chinese are not his favorite cuisine, even though the Szechuan cuisine is very spicy.
Previous to marriage, we used to frequent Chinese restaurants, after knowing that hubby dear is not fond of that, we stopped and started cooking those at home, with an Indian touch to it. Of course we won't add our spices. Still it has an homely touch that's more liked than from restaurant ones.
So you know I started to make the Schezwan Sauce and I had made the Szechuan Fried Rice as well, that sadly didn't go live. It will have to wait for its turn. Meanwhile enjoy this spicy chicken bites.
Kung Pao Chicken
Ingredients Needed:
Chicken, boneless - 200 gms
Cornflour - 2 tsp
Dry Red Chilies - 5 - 6 nos
Cashew nuts - 10 nos
Chopped garlic - 1 tbsp
Soya Sauce - 1 1/2 tsp
Salt to taste
Ajinomoto a pinch
Sugar - 1/2 tsp
Spring Onion - 1/2 cup
How to make Kung Po Chicken
Wash and cut Chicken into bite size pieces.
Marinate the chicken pieces in 1 tsp cornflour, 1/2 tsp Soya sauce, 1/4 tsp salt for 10 mins. Then deep fry the chicken along with the marinade. Keep it aside.
Fry the cashew nuts to golden brown colour. Keep it aside
Heat oil in a non stick pan, Fry the cut dry red chilies and garlic in it.
Add the fried chicken, salt, Ajinomoto, sugar, spring onion, soya sauce and chicken stock/ hot water.
Thicken it with diluted corn flour, sprinkle some spring onions and finally garnish with fried cashew nut.
Pavani N says
That sounds like a spicy & flavorful dish. Would love to try it out with tofu or paneer.
Usha says
I too have a pile of paper clippings, not as many as your amma, but I cannot get myself to throw those away. It is creating lot of clutter around the house and at the same time I do not want to get rid of those, specially since we started CCC. Chicken looks spicy.
sneha datar says
This is a nice and spicy dish.
Suja Ilangovan says
Very tempting, Valli! Would love to try a veg version ????