Comments on: Kung Pao Chicken Recipe

By: Andrea

Andrea — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 04:37:22 +0000

I have no idea why everyone is raving about this being such a wonderful recipe. It just didn’t work for me. First of all, there was nowhere near enough cornstarch to coat the chicken. Secondly, there’s no way that look (in the last picture) can be achieved without deep frying it, so that should be at least mentioned in the directions. Lastly, I have no idea why, but in the final result you couldn’t taste any of the flavors that went into it There was no sweetness, and only a little bit of spicyness. It was the worst result we’ve had with making asian chicken. Very disappointing

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:24:09 +0000

I made this with my boyfriend and it turned out great! We added a lot more cornstarch to get a nice coating on the chicken (based on our experience with other Chinese recipes) and ended up using more Sesame oil in the pan also. We did not have to deep fry ours to get nicely cooked chicken, but if you want it as pictured and restaurant style, you’re going to need more like half a cup of cornstarch.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 01:28:43 +0000

Oh my gosh!!!I am so glad I found this recipe.
Thank you so much. My family just loved this. It is definitely a keeper for us.

By: Bobby

Bobby — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 04:31:33 +0000

Stefanie- nope, the chicken in the photo is just rolled in cornstarch.

By: Stefanie

Stefanie — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:24:08 +0000

This was good, but my chicken did not look like yours did. Yours looks dipped in batter and fried, not just rolled in cornstarch. Maybe I did it wrong??

By: Amy

Amy — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 22:09:34 +0000

Great recipe. I made this last night, the only thing I changed was I doubled the sauce…its just so good! Also, to me it was very spicy, I’ll add less pepper flakes next time. Thanks for this recipe.

By: josh

josh — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:02:09 +0000

I just wanted to say thanks for the recipe. I have tried to make kung pao packets several times. This turned out fantastic. I definitely hit a home run with the family.

By: Bobby

Bobby — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 02:59:32 +0000

dave – if you are just using the 2 teaspoons of sesame oil, you wouldn’t need to remove any. If you are adding more for more of a deep fry on the chicken, yes I would recommend removing some.

By: dave

dave — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 01:57:31 +0000

This is probably a stupid question, but do you remove some of the oil from the wok as well when u remove the chicken, before adding the onions and peper flakes..or does all that oil get added to the sauce?

By: daniece

daniece — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 00:55:41 +0000

We don’t eat rice so I added some stir fry veggies rave reviews!!!!!