Easy Chinese Kung Pao Beef Recipe | Resep daging sapi masak Kung Pao

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Kung Pao

Kung Pao is traditional Chinese dish from Sichuan, Central Western China province. It is named after Ding Baozhen, governor or Sichuan province. Originally, Kung Pao is chicken dish (Kung Pao Ji Ding /Kung Pao Chicken) but westernized Chinese food is used other ingredients such as beef, pork, tofu, seafood and vegetable to create new Kung Pao dishes. Chinese version Kung Pao use Sichuan peppercorn to give a very unique hot tingling numbing flavor but westernized Kung Pao dishes are used regular dried chili pepper as flavoring.

On this lens, I would like to share my version of Kung Pao beef recipe. Its easy to make but taste any better than Chinese restaurant Kung Pao dishes. I use some dried chilis, chili paste and Sichuan peppercorn to add "kicking" factor and authenticity of this dish. Combination of succulent beef dices, tangy hot tingling and numbling sauce, crunchiness of roasted peanut and green pepper will make this dish a hit in your dinner table. Let's take adventure of complex and world class flavor of Kung Pao beef.

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Kung Pao beef recipe

Easy to make and authentic

Ingredients:
1 lbs sirloin, cut into 3/4 inch cubes
1 tbsp Chinese rice wine
1 tbps corn starch
1 tbsp vegetable oil
1/2 tsp salt
a dash of ground white pepper
1 medium red bell pepper
8 dried chili pepper
3 stalk spring onions
2 tbsp vegetable oil
2 tsp chopped garlic
1 tsp chopperd ginger
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp chili paste
1 tsp chinese peppercorn, toasted and crushed
2 tbsp Chinese black vinegar or balsamic vinegar
2 tbsp soy sauce
1/2 cup roasted peanuts

Method:
In a mixing bowl, mix beef, 1tbsp vegetable oil, Chinese rice wine, cornstarch, salt, and ground white pepper. Blend well, cover and refrigerated at leat 30 minutes.

Cut dried chilis into 1/2 inch pieces. Slice spring onions and cut bell pepper into 3/4 inch squares.

Heat wok on high heat, add 2 tbsp vegetable oil. Add beef and stir about 2 minutes or until beef is brown. Remove beef from heat and set aside.

Meanwhile, heat 2 tbsp cooking oil on high heat. Toss chilies, chopped ginger, chopped garlic, chili paste and Sichuan peppercorn. Stir about 1 minute. Add bell pepper, sugar, Chinese black vinegar, soy sauce, rice wine and stir about 1 minute. Last, add bef and stir quickly to blend. Before turn off the heat, add sliced spring onions and rosted peanuts. Kung Pao beef is ready to serve.

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Ingredients for making Kung Pao beef

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This Sichuan Peppercorns is important ingredient to give authenticity of Kung Pao dishes. This type of peppercorn will give special hot, tingling and numbing sensation on your tongue. It has unique and complex flavor than any regular chili pepper.

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A good wok will help you to make a fragrant hot savory Kung Pao beef. This Traditional Cast Iron Wokset is made of cast iron. which can produce and hold heat evenly during cooking process. This model/style is exactly the same model used in Chinese restaurants. Highly recommended. This wok is a must in every Asian kitchen and yours. Great for stir frying and other Asian dishes.

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People blogging about Kung Pao beef

New Chinese restaurant opens in Sturgis
Shanghai Garden features Szechuan and Kung Pao style food, though it is not the traditional Chinese food that the community may be used to, owner Son Lin Liu said. ?We like to give the town, get the people to try different food,? Liu said.
Rod Sinks: The Restless Advocate
By Michelle Fitzsimmons Over a recent lunch at Mandarin Gourmet, Rod Sinks popped a whole hot pepper into his mouth?the dried blood-red ones that come with dishes like Kung Pao chicken or, in Sinks' case, tangerine beef. ?Wow, that was hot,? he gasped ...
Penkava: The sun sets on a special restaurant
Well, I am soon to be losing the precious source of my egg rolls, as well as of my pork fried rice and my egg foo young and my kung pao beef and my sesame chicken. And that's just the first course. But that is all coming to an end.
Review - Fresh ingredients, but a bit bland at Asahi Ting
As I finished up, I was really feeling the peppery "pow" of the Kung Pao. Well done, Asahi Ting. During another visit, I called ahead my dinner take-out order of hibachi steak and chicken, which was ready when I arrived.

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  • thailand_ecotourism Sep 10, 2011 @ 10:35 am | delete
    sounds delicious.. i didn't know this recipe.. i will try it soon.. thx
  • jojokaya Sep 12, 2011 @ 7:56 am | delete
    spicy and tasty
  • tiff0315 Feb 24, 2011 @ 11:51 am | delete
    Looks delicious! I can't handle too much spice, but I'm sure my husband would love this!
  • jojokaya Feb 24, 2011 @ 12:01 pm | delete
    I am glad that you like it..

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