Gong Bao Chicken Recipe
- ⏱ 20 minutes
- Medium
- Serves 4
- 👥 2-cook recipe
A spicy stir-fried chicken dish with peanuts, Sichuan peppercorns, dried chiles, and scallions served with white rice.
Adapted from Serious Eats.
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1Mise en place
2Make the aromatics
Roughly chop or crush the dried red chiles
Peel and very thinly slice the garlic cloves
Trim and roughly chop the scallions
3Plate and serve
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1Mise en place
Prep 1 lb boneless: cut into 3/4-inch cubes
2Make the aromatics
3Plate and serve
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Ingredients
- 1/3 cup unsalted peanuts
- 1 lb boneless, skinless chicken breasts (cut into 3/4-inch cubes)
- 1 tbsp cornstarch
- 4 tbsp light soy sauce
- 2 tbsp unroasted peanut oil
- 1 tsp Sichuan peppercorns
- 2 dried red chiles (roughly chopped or crushed)
- 2 garlic cloves (peeled and very thinly sliced)
- 1 ginger root (peeled and very thinly sliced)
- 4 scallions (trimmed and roughly chopped)
- cooked white rice, to taste
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1. Mise en place COOK 1
- Prep 1 lb boneless: cut into 3/4-inch cubes
2. Make the aromatics COOK 2
- Roughly chop or crush the dried red chiles
- Peel and very thinly slice the garlic cloves
- Trim and roughly chop the scallions
3. Slice the ginger COOK 1
- Peel and very thinly slice the ginger root
4. Cube the chicken COOK 1
- Cut the chicken breasts into 3/4-inch cubes
- In a small bowl, combine the chicken, cornstarch, and half the soy sauce
- Toss the chicken until it's well-coated in the mixture, and set aside
5. Toast the peanuts COOK 2
- In a large, dry skillet or wok over medium heat, add the peanuts and cook, gently tossing occasionally, until they're golden brown and fragrant, 2-3 minutes
- Transfer to a plate to cool
6. Cook the chicken COOK 2
- In the skillet or wok over medium-high heat, heat the oil until shimmering
- Add the Sichuan peppercorns and dried chiles and cook, stirring continuously, until the chiles turn a light brown in color
- Turn the heat to high and add the marinated chicken
- Cook for 2-3 minutes, until starting to turn golden
🤝 Cook 1 hands over the mixture.
7. Add garlic ginger COOK 2
- Add the garlic, ginger, scallions, and peanuts
- Continue cooking until the chicken is cooked through, 1-2 minutes more
8. Plate and serve BOTH
- Remove from the heat, pour the remaining soy sauce over the chicken, and serve immediately with rice
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