 TheOwl
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Subject: Welcome To The Owl's Nest
Date: May 30, 2005 @ 10:30 PM
This is the inaugural post for The Owl Watches Forum, please feel free to leave messages, picks and pans, brontosaurus sightings as well as recipes for Kung Pao Chicken
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 freddemillio
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Subject: Re: Welcome To The Owl's Nest
Date: June 3, 2007 @ 11:41 AM
Ingredients:
1 1/2 pound chicken meat, cut in bite size pieces
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 egg white
1 tablespoon cornstarch
4 tablespoons peanut oil, divided
1/2 cup skinless roasted peanuts
10 whole dried red chili peppers
4 green onions, cut into 1/2-inch lengths
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 cup diced water chestnuts (optional)
***Sauce:***
1 teaspoon chili paste with garlic
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 tablespoon sherry
1 teaspoon rice vinegar
1 teaspoon sugar
1/4 cup chicken broth
1 teaspoon cornstarch
1 teaspoon sesame oil
Directions:
Combine chicken, salt, egg white, and cornstarch. Mix well by hand and set aside. In a small bowl, blend all sauce ingredients. Set aside. Add 2 tablespoons oil to heated wok and stir fry chicken. Remove to serving bowl. Add 2 more tablespoons oil to same wok. Toss peanuts and chili peppers in the wok and stir fry until peppers turn dark red. Remove from wok and add to chicken. Lower heat. If necessary, add more oil. Stir fry green onions and garlic for several seconds. (Do not let garlic burn.) Return chicken, peanuts and peppers to wok and stir fry a few seconds to combine. Add water chestnuts and combined sauce ingredients and stir fry till heated through and thickened (less than a minute) Serve over rice.
This recipe for Kung Pao Chicken II serves/makes 4
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