Kung Pao Shrimp is a spicy Chinese shrimp dish made from prawns or medium size shrimps. This dish is similar to the famed Kung Pao Chicken although some cooking procedure varies. The Kung Pao sauce gives life and flavor to this dish. Ingredients such as soy sauce, vinegar, sesame oil, cornstarch, sugar, and water are necessary for you to be able to make your own homemade Kung Pao sauce.
This is one of my favorite Asian dishes because of its unique flavor and spice. I like the kick of the dried chilies and the crunchy texture of the peanuts. In my opinion, these ingredients bring more value to the dish.
The best way to eat this dish is to top it over hot steamed rice. The rice help reduce the spice and it also balances the flavor. If you are looking for more taste and texture, eating this with fried rice would be a good idea. Before making your fried rice, make sure to check out some of our tips for best results.
Try this Kung Pao Shrimp Recipe and let us know what you think.
Ingredients:
1 lb shrimps, cleaned and head removed
1 teaspoon garlic, minced
1 teaspoon ginger, minced
2 ounces roasted peanuts
10 pieces dried chilies
1 small onion, quartered
1/4 cup green onions; cut in half inch length
3 tablespoons cooking oil
Sauce:
4 tbsp soy sauce
1 teaspoon cornstarch
4 tablespoons water
1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
1/2 teaspoon rice vinegar
1 teaspoon sugar
Watch the cooking video:
Cooking procedure:
1. Make the Kung Pao sauce by first diluting the cornstarch in 4 tbsp water then combine soy sauce, rice vinegar, sugar, sesame oil, and the diluted cornstarch. Mix well then set aside.
2. Heat a wok then pour-in cooking oil.
3. When the oil is hot enough, add-in the garlic and ginger then stir fry until the color turns medium brown. The aroma should indicate that the next ingredients need to be added.
4. Put-in the dried chilies, bell pepper, and onion and stir fry for 2 to 5 minutes or until the vegetables are done.
5. Add the peanuts and stir-fry for a minute.
6. Put-in the shrimp and cook for 2 minutes.
7. Pour-in the Kung Pao sauce and stir. Make sure that all the ingredients are coated with sauce.
8. Add the green onions, turn off the heat, and transfer to a serving plate.
9. Serve hot. Share and enjoy!
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well here in japan they call it ebi chili,..ebi means shrimp!!anyway thanks for sharing,..
tulo laway nanaman ako! salamat may ulam na ako bukas:)
Napaka-colorful!! Sa picture pa lang, masarap na! Vanjo, mas madali kong masunod sa video ang procedure…pero, teka, di ko yata nakita sa list of ingredients ang garlic at ginger? Gaano ba karami ang ilalagay na garlic at fresh ginger? Magandang ihapag itong Kung Pao Shrimp pag Friday, di ba? Maraming salamat uli sa mga masasarap mong recipe!
Thanks for the notification Ellen, try to use 1 teaspoon for each.
KUYA PWEDE PO BA REQUEST PLEASE KUNG PAANO GAWIN LONG JOHN BREAD…PLEASE….
AND THANK U P PLA SA RECIPES NA POLVORON,,SARAPPPP
TRY KO MAMAYA YAN…SARAPPPP ITSURA PLANG..
thanks a lot for sharing..may bago na namn akong recipe.my husband and i really love shrimp..
wonderful recipe!!! have tried it and it was really yummy. everybody at home loves it!! great recipe to impress my brit friends!! thanks!
This is gooooodddddddd, paborito ito ng asawa ko. Hayn aku buhay, di ako pwede nito merong mani hehehhe
This is a good recipe at saka ang daling gawin. Tanong ko lang po…. hilaw ba yung shrimp? o pre cook? Thanks so much. I learnd a lot from your website panlasangpinoy.com. i enjoyed watching it everyday.
Susan, I used pre cooked shrimp – but it doesn’t matter. You can also use raw shrimp for this recipe.
I want to make the chicken one is the recipe different. Thanks.
Some steps are different gracie. We’ll try to post it soon.
I noticed you mentioned bell pepper on the procedure but I don’t see it on the list of ingredients. How much belle pepper would we need on this recipe? Thanks a bunch.
I tried this recipe…ay naku,nasarapan ang asawa kong kano lalo na sa mga anak ko. Nagluto ako ulit the next day dahil nag ” request ” ang lahat pero ang pagluto ko nito, di ko lang linagyan ng chilies dahil sa mga bata pero masarappp….parin. Thanks again Vanjo of this recipe.
ano po ang pwedeng alternative sa rice vinegar?
what is 1lb if converted to kilo… ?
i wud like to try this one but then one thing came to mind… ano pu ba yung pwedeng pamalit sa rice vinegar? can i use cane vinegar instead? pls answer po… wanna make this dish for my hubby… thnks
zacky, you may use cane vinegar as a substitute.
thnks po
i just want to thank panlasang pinoy..dahil mas lalo p akng natutong mgluto,lalo n s mga bagong recipe,llong nataba 2loy husband ko…sa kung pao shrimp b pwede ring hindi lagyan ng dried chilies,,
thank you so much. made my life so much easier
this is good..thanks for sharing po..request ko lang po kung pwede kung pao chicken naman po..is the procedure the same only this time using chicken meat instead of shrimp? thanks ulit po.
I tried it and it was so yummy! Thank you so much.
Im sure my family would love this Kung Pao Shrimp recipe..thanks for sharing Chef Vanjo.GOD Bless!