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Dinner · Chinese · Weeknight
Spicy Kung Pao-Style Chicken
Chicken, done properly, from the public-domain kitchen — kept the way its author wrote it.
- 20 min hands-on
- 30 min total
- Serves 2
- $8+ a serving
- Chicken or turkey
- skillet
- large pot
Open it in the app → Scaled list, tap-off ingredients, and cook mode with timers. The iPhone app is coming soon; the web mockup runs it now.
Ingredients serves 2
- 4Chicken Thighs
- ¾ cupBasmati Rice
- 4 TbspAll-Purpose Flour
- 2 smallSweet Peppers, chopped
- 3ribs Celery
- 2 clovesGarlic
- 1 TbspGinger, minced
- 2 wholeGreen Onions, thinly sliced
- 2 TbspChili Garlic Sauce, divided
- 2 TbspSoy Sauce
- 2 TbspSweet Chili Sauce
- ¼ cupPeanuts, choppedcheck the label: may contain tree nuts
- Oil
Method one step at a time, with timers in the app
- Heat a medium pot over medium heat. Add 1/2 Tbsp oil, ginger and rice. Cook, stirring often, until fragrant (1 min). Add 1 1/4 cups water and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat and cover until rice is tender and liquid is absorbed (12-14 mins). Remove the pot from heat, leave covered.⏱ 1 min
- While rice cooks, cut celery crosswise into 1/4" slices. Whisk together soy sauce, sweet chili sauce, 1/3 cup water, and half the chili garlic sauce in a medium bowl. Combine flour and 1/4 tsp each of salt and pepper in another medium bowl.
- Heat a large non-stick pan over medium heat. Add peanuts to the dry pan. Toast, stirring often, until golden brown (4-5 mins). Transfer to a plate and heat the same pan over medium-high. Add 1/2 Tbsp oil, peppers, and celery. Cook, stirring often until fragrant (1 min). Transfer veggies to another plate.⏱ 4 min
- Pat chicken dry and cut into 1" pieces. Add chicken to flour mixture, then toss to coat. Press flour mixture into chicken to coat completely. Heat the same non-stick pan over medium and add oil, then chicken. Cook, turning pieces occasionally, until golden brown and cooked through (6-8 mins).⏱ 6 min
- Add veggies and sauce mixture to the pan with chicken. Cook, stirring occasionally, until sauce thickens slightly (2-3 mins).⏱ 2 min
- Fluff rice with fork. Stir in half the green onions and season with salt. Divide rice between plates. Top with chicken, veggies, and sauce. Sprinkle peanuts and remaining green onions over top.
Allergens, with the fine print read
- ⚠Contains peanuts, gluten, soy.
- ?Check the label: Peanuts, chopped may contain tree nuts, depending on the brand.
- !These tags haven't had their final human sign-off yet. Always read the label.
Original recipe by joel-maxuel, published in the public domain by Public Domain Recipes (Unlicense). Shown as written; not yet tested in the Socrabites kitchen.