This Easy Kung Pao Chicken Recipe is a quick and easy Chinese inspired recipe that can be ready in less than 30 minutes and makes a great weeknight meal to celebrate Chinese New Year or for any time of year.
(Link to Recipe at the bottom of this Post.)
Did I mention that I was a now a contributor to Penney Lane Kitchen? Kathy is a fantastic blogger with great recipes. I’m thrilled to be working with her. My first contributor post for her blog is my Easy Kung Pao Chicken Recipe.
This Easy Kung Pao Chicken Recipe offers:
- a quick and easy complete meal with chicken, vegetables, kung pao sauce, and rice in under 30 minutes;
- a restaurant quality Chinese dinner that tastes better than take out, and is made using mostly pantry ingredients;
- a few tidbits of trivia about the upcoming Chinese New Year to impress your friends;
- an ahhhh-mazing sweet, spicy, and savory Kung Pao sauce.
Our favorite place for Kung Pao Chicken was a little family-owned restaurant near our house. We ate there for a number of years until the restaurant closed. We tried several other restaurants afterward but their Kung Pao was not the same. We gave up trying to find another restaurant, and instead now I make the Kung Pao Chicken at home.
To make this recipe you will need sesame oil and Hoisin sauce. Both of these have incredible flavor and I recommend making both a pantry staple. They are found in the International aisles of most grocery stores, or should be available at your local Asian market. I understand that you may not want to buy an ingredient just for one recipe, which is why I also recommend checking out some of my other favorite Asian dishes that use either Hoisin sauce or Sesame Oil:
- Pepper Steak in Wonton Cups – a wonderful Asian-inspired bite-sized appetizer
- Sticky Asian Chicken Wings – a sweet and spicy Asian-inspired chicken wings.
- Spicy Orange Chicken – a chicken dish in a sweet and spicy orange sauce similar to a popular restaurant chain.
You have a reason to make several of these recipes this week because, in a couple of days, it is going to be Chinese New Year!
Spicy Chinese Cashew Chicken
Slow Cooker Asian Sesame Meatballs
Get the recipe and a little trivia about food for the Chinese New Year at Penney Lane Kitchen.
RECIPE: (http://penneylane.com/easy-kung-pao-chicken-recipe/)
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Mmm, I love Kung Pao Chicken. Thanks for the recipe. Please come share your blog posts over at the Home Matters Linky Party! We’d love to have you for a visit. The Door is OPEN. http://lifewithlorelai.com/2015/02/19/home-matters-linky-party-25/ 🙂
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Delicious! Love Kung Pao Chicken! Thank you for sharing the recipe. I’ve been looking for one to try! Have a great day!
I love Kung Pao Shrimp and Chicken. Gotta try this.
Congrats on your new contributor position. You hit it out of the park this recipe, for sure. Thanks for sharing at the This Is How We Roll Link Party on Organized 31.
Hi there girly!
If you’re interested, I starting a new link up on Tuesdays over at my blog. It’s a great way to share your content and meet other awesome bloggers. I’d LOVE to have you share a post!
-K
http://www.peeledwellness.com
Love Kung Pao it is our favorite to make at home. It has somewhat transformed into our own flavor with a hint of Kung Pao, but we love it just the same. Hoisin sauce lives in the house permanently. Glad I found your blog.
I love that this takes less than 30 minutes!! It looks so good too! My kids love Chinese food, so I am always glad to get a new recipe! Thanks for sharing it with us at #FoodieFriDIY! Sharing!
This looks amazing! I can see why it has received the most clicks last week, at Simple Supper Tuesday. We would love for you to join us again this week, starting Monday night at 8pm EST.
Hi Cindy! I’m so happy that it had the most clicks! That is wonderful. Thanks for the wonderful link party! I will definitely join again.
Looks delicious – I can’t wait to try this. Thanks!
Congratulations! Your Kung Pao Chicken received the most clicks at our linky party! Simple Supper Tuesday at Moore or Less Cooking! Nettie
Thanks Nettie! That’s awesome! Thank you for a wonderful Linky Party!
This recipe looks amazing. I pinned it on my pin board. Love meals that come together in 30 minutes! Thank you very much for joining in the celebration of #purebloglove, we enjoy having you each week. I hope to see you on Thursday at 8PM, EST through Sunday night. ~Cydnee
Your recipe looks amazing! I can’t wait to try it. Shared….Thanks for joining in the Inspiration Spotlight party! Hope to see you again this week.
where’s the recipe?
Click on the blue text near the bottom of the post: “Get the recipe and a little trivia about food for the Chinese New Year at Penney Lane Kitchen.”
I see a lot of story about Kung pao chicken, but there is no actual recipe. I wish there was. The pictures looks ok good.
Hi Sidney! Thank you so much for visiting. You can navigate to the recipe when you click on the phrase at the bottom of the blog post (below the photos) “GET THE RECIPE AND A LITTLE TRIVIA ABOUT FOOD FOR THE CHINESE NEW YEAR AT PENNEY LANE KITCHEN.” This was my contributor post on the Penney Lane site.” Then scroll down to see the printable recipe.
I am very interested in making this recipe, but I cannot find the actual recipe…only your descriptions of how delicious it is…
Hi Laura! Thank you so much for visiting. You can navigate to the recipe when you click on the phrase at the bottom of the blog post (below the photos) “GET THE RECIPE AND A LITTLE TRIVIA ABOUT FOOD FOR THE CHINESE NEW YEAR AT PENNEY LANE KITCHEN.” This was my contributor post on the Penney Lane site.” Then scroll down to see the printable recipe. Here is a direct link to the post: http://penneylane.com/easy-kung-pao-chicken-recipe/