INGREDIENTS

INSTRUCTIONS

MARINADE
SAUCE
GARNISH
Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 13:09:00 -0400 (EDT)
From: Larry Hunter <hunter@intr.net>
About 15 years ago, the first restaurant with genuinely spicy food arrived
in lovely New Haven, CT (where I was going to college).  It was officially
called "Threshold", although we all called it "Threshold of Pain".  They
sold Schezwan food at 1 through 5 "alarms". When you ordered Kung Pao
chicken at 5 alarm (which I did often), there were more chiles than peanuts
in the dish. Unfortunately, the restaurant folded in less than a year.
Here's an attempt to recreate that 5 alarm recipe.  It needs to be scaled
up to restaurant portions, but it's not a difficult dish. You can reduce
the amount of dried chile to reduce the heat level to mainstream levels if
absolutely necessary.
Make the marinade: Mix all ingredients and stir to dissolve cornstarch. Add
chicken and marinate 30 minutes or longer.  Mix sauce and set aside.  Heat
a bit peanut oil in the wok until just shy of smoking. Add chicken and stir
fry until it is cooked and turns white. Remove and set aside. Add more oil
to the wok, and reheat until almost smoking. Stir fry red peppers until
they are crisp and start to turn black. Add ginger and garlic and stir fry
for about 10 seconds, stirring constantly. Add the sauce, stirring
constantly until slightly thickened. Add the chicken and stir until tyhe
chicken is heated through and the sauce is thick. Remove from heat and stir
in the peanuts.
Serve over white rice, garnished with chile and scallion slices.
CHILE-HEADS DIGEST V3 #007
From the Chile-Heads recipe list.  Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe
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