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Chinese cuisine is one of our boys favorite takeout meals and yes their are occasions when we will splurge and grab some when we are going to be out late. But when we are at home this Kung Pao Chicken with Brown Rice hits the spot.
This meal was quick & easy and on the table in less than 20 minutes. Here’s a little tip…cut your chicken into chunks before freezing it, then your time in the kitchen will go even quicker.
We used a packet of Sun-Bird Hot & Spicy Kung Pao Chicken Seasoning Mix and even though the seasoning packet is called Hot & Spicy, even Liz, who isn’t crazy about spicy food, thought it was not spicy. The flavor is a lot like Hoisin Sauce, with it’s rich combination of sweet, salt and spicy flavors.
Hoisin Sauce is also a little expensive. I think the last bottle I bought was close to $4.oo, so paying less than $1 for a Sun-Bird seasoning packet is quite economical.
Recipe from PocketChangeGourmet.com
Ingredients
- 1½ pounds boneless, skinless chicken, diced into ¼ inch pieces
- 1 pack Sunbird Hot & Spicy Kung Pao Chicken Seasoning Mix
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- ¾ cup water
- 2 tablespoon oil
- ½ cup unsalted peanuts, chopped - extra for garnish if desired
- 4 green onions, sliced thin - extra for garnish if desired
- 4 cups cooked brown rice
Instructions
- Blend seasoning mix, sugar,soy sauce,and water together and set aside.
- Heat the oil in a large skillet or wok and stir-fry until well browned.
- Add peanuts and stir-fry until toasted.
- Add onions and stir-fry.
- Add seasoning mixture and cook until thickened.
- Serve with brown rice.
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Disclosure: I’m a Guenther/Sun-Bird Blogger Advocate and this is a sponsored post. These opinions are all my own and have in no way been influenced by another person.
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Liz and Doug,
I was looking for dinner inspiration and thought I would check out your Pinterest Food pages. (You don’t have any?! That can’t be!)
( I found the Hooser Homemade Pinterest page… but that’s mostly sweets.)
You MUST have a Pinterest page where you pin all these amazing recipes – Right?!
~ Dana
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Hi Dana – oh yes, we have a page – http://pinterest.com/pktchanggourmet/
Sorry, we don’t have the social media icon button up yet.
~Liz
Woo! Hoo!
(We have a board called, “Food, Glorious, Food” – but we are breaking that up into individual boards according to proteins, appetizers, soups, etc. – and I wanted to include many of your recipes!)
~ Dana
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Thanks so much for this recipe…this is a family fave in our home too. I have wanted to make at home and needed a recipe to tweek and the restaurants have too much sodium etc for my dad! Perfect!!!!
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