most favorited dish
This is the dish I ordered most in China: Gongbao jiding or Gongbao Chicken. I have always liked it;Diced chicken, Gongbao style has chicken, lots of peanuts, spring onions and dried chili peppers, and a truly hot and spicy Sichuan (Szechuan) flavour. It is one of the classic Sichuan dishes, hot, spicy and completely irresistible.
Sadly, in the Netherlands there is not one Chinese restaurant I can think of where they make a proper Gongbao jiding. It is always to sweet and sour to my liking, or just plain mild with cashew nuts replacing the peanuts. So, over time, meaning, not having a right tasting dish like they make in China, the true taste of Gongbao jiding can disappear from memory. Therefore, my recent trip to China proved to be vital!
In general, the Chinese Gong bao Chicken was much more sweet, almost caramel-sticky than I remember. Also, there were more peanuts in the dish than I thought would be, and a great amount of tender and juicy spring onion chunks. It invariably had quite a lot of oil, and the chicken and peanuts were very glossy and slippery. The almost blackened peppers gave a sweet and dark spicy flavour. True heaven. One dish costs about 18 yuan, being €1,80... I photographed every gongbao jiding I had on my one week trip (4 dishes), click the link to my Flickr photos to view gongbao jiding in different styles.
Sadly, in the Netherlands there is not one Chinese restaurant I can think of where they make a proper Gongbao jiding. It is always to sweet and sour to my liking, or just plain mild with cashew nuts replacing the peanuts. So, over time, meaning, not having a right tasting dish like they make in China, the true taste of Gongbao jiding can disappear from memory. Therefore, my recent trip to China proved to be vital!
In general, the Chinese Gong bao Chicken was much more sweet, almost caramel-sticky than I remember. Also, there were more peanuts in the dish than I thought would be, and a great amount of tender and juicy spring onion chunks. It invariably had quite a lot of oil, and the chicken and peanuts were very glossy and slippery. The almost blackened peppers gave a sweet and dark spicy flavour. True heaven. One dish costs about 18 yuan, being €1,80... I photographed every gongbao jiding I had on my one week trip (4 dishes), click the link to my Flickr photos to view gongbao jiding in different styles.
Labels: chinese, Gongbao chicken, gongbao jiding, Kung pao chicken, Sichuan
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