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Kung Pao Chicken

Kung Pao Chicken is a spicy, stir-fried dish from Sichuan cuisine featuring diced chicken, peanuts, and chili peppers. It is renowned for its bold flavors balancing sweetness, heat, and savory notes, emblematic of Sichuan's culinary tradition.

11 ingredients
spicynuttysavoryslightly sweetnumbing
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Last updated 4/1/2026

The dish originated in the Qing dynasty and is named after Ding Baozhen, a Sichuan governor whose title was Kung Pao, meaning 'palace guardian.' It reflects Sichuan's penchant for spicy and numbing flavors.

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