hi hello hi everyone! Tonight we're making a kung pao chicken recipe that i wrote which is loosely based on hacking the Panda Express Kung Pao Chicken. The "Woo Can Cook" version that we're making tonight incorporates a handful of more traditional Chinese ingredients to amp the overall dish up a bit, most prominently the use of spicy black bean paste.

Freshen up on the recipe here, bookmark the stream here, and pick up the ingredients below if you want to follow along and cook dinner with me.

INGREDIENTS

• 1 chicken thigh

• 1 yellow bell pepper

• 2 green onions

• 12 dried peppers (tianjin peppers, or similar)

• 2 stalks celery

• 1/2 medium white onion

• 1/4 cup raw peanuts

• 4 cloves garlic

• 1 inch ginger

• Sichuan peppercorn

• vegetable oil

INGREDIENTS (marinade)

• 4 tbsp soy sauce

• 2 tbsp shaoxing wine

• 1 tbsp sesame oil

• 2 tbsp hoisin sauce

• 1 tbsp white pepper

• 1 tbsp corn starch

• kosher salt

INGREDIENTS (sauce)

• 2 tbsp black vinegar

• 2 tbsp fish sauce

• 4 tbsp soy sauce

• 2 tbsp black bean sauce

• 1 tbsp brown sugar

• 2 tbsp spicy chili crisp

• 1 tbsp corn starch

• water