Kung Pao Chicken Recipe (Gong Bao Ji Ding) | Saveur

Ingredients

• 4 Tbsp. soy sauce
• 1 Tbsp. cornstarch
• 1 lb. boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cubed
• 3 Tbsp. Shaoxing wine
• 2 Tbsp. sugar
• 3 Tbsp. chicken stock
• 4 tsp. Chinkiang (black) vinegar (or substitute balsamic vinegar)
• 1 Tbsp. toasted sesame oil
• 2 tsp. Chinese dark soy sauce
• 3 Tbsp. vegetable or peanut oil
• 12 small dried red chiles, stemmed, halved crosswise, and seeded
• 5 scallions, white part only, thickly sliced crosswise
• 1 large garlic clove, thinly sliced
• One ½-in. piece fresh ginger, peeled and finely chopped
• ½ cup shelled, skinless raw peanuts