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Shrimp Kung Pao Recipe

"I had been seeing a lot a great looking Kung Pao recipes (such as here or here ) and I just had to try making it. I liked the fact that the recipes called for sichuan peppercorns which I had recently acquired in Chinatown and I had been interested in using again. Chinese black vinegar is another ingredient that I had been wanting to try using. I was also interested in trying a dish that included whole dried chilies. Given my current obsession with prawns I decided to do a shrimp kung pao. Everything about the kung ..."

INGREDIENTS
1 pound shrimp (peeled and deveined)
1 teaspoon corn starch
1 teaspoon water
2 teaspoons soy sauce (gluten free for gluten free)
2 teaspoons Shao Xing rice wine
1 tablespoon oil
10 dried red chilies or to taste (cut in half)
1 teaspoon to 1 tablespoon Sichuan peppercorns, toasted
5 green onions (sliced)
1 tablespoon garlic (chopped)
1 tablespoon ginger (grated)
1 teaspoon dark soy sauce (gluten free for gluten free)
1 teaspoon light soy sauce (gluten free for gluten free)
3 teaspoons Chinese black vinegar
1 teaspoon sesame oil
1 tablespoon chicken stock
2 teaspoons sugar
1 teaspoon cornstarch
1 handful roasted peanuts (roughly chopped)
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