Gong Bao chicken was created by Ding Baozhen, governor of Shandong Province and governor of Sichuan Province in the Qing Dynasty. He has a good knowledge of cooking. He likes eating chicken and peanuts, especially spicy. When he was an official in Shandong Province, he ordered his family chef to improve the stir fried chicken with soy sauce for spicy stir fry. Later, when he was the governor of Sichuan Province, he created this dish for the first time. With this delicious dish, chicken, red pepper and peanuts were stir fried under the pot. This delicious dish was originally a private dish of Ding's family, but later it became well known as kung pao chicken. The so-called palace protector is actually Ding Baozhen's honorary official title. Ding Baozhen has been in charge of Shu for ten years. He is upright and upright as an official. He pursues the Prince Taibao. As mentioned above, Prince Taibao is one of Gongbao. Therefore, in order to commemorate Ding Baozhen, the dish he invented was named Gongbao chicken. Due to the wide spread of this dish, there are many different ways to make it. There are even Kung Pao meat dices that transform chicken dice into meat dices.
Step1:Drumsticks are boned. Be careful not to cut your hands.
Step2:Cut the chicken into small pieces. Marinate it for 30 minutes with a little salt, sugar, 1 spoon of raw soy sauce, 1 spoon of cooking wine, a little water, half spoon of starch and a little oil (it must be added, and it can quickly lock the internal juice of the meat system, making the meat taste more smooth and tender).
Step3:Cut the ginger and garlic. Cut the dried pepper into sections.
Step4:Prepare a small bowl. Add two spoons of vinegar, one spoonful of sugar, a little salt, one spoonful of cooking wine, two spoonfuls of raw soy sauce, and half a spoonful of starch and mix well.
Step5:Heat the oil in the pan. Turn the heat and put in the diced chicken. Quickly fry until the chicken is completely white. Just scoop it out.
Step6:Leave the base oil of fried chicken in the pot. Put in pepper, pepper, ginger and garlic to stir fry (make sure to stir fry the seasoning in a small heat. It's easy to paste in a big fire
Step7:Stir fry the chicken until fragrant. Stir well together.
Step8:Pour in the sauce. Stir evenly. Turn off the fire. Sprinkle the prepared peanuts.
Cooking tips:There are skills in making delicious dishes.