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Kung Pao Chicken with Roasted Chickpeas

Kung Pao Chicken with Roasted Chickpeas on rice

The most popular dish in a Chinese takeout menu is Kung Pao Chicken. It is a Szechuan dish named after a governor of China's Szechuan province. Also known as Gong Bao or Kung Po, it is a very quick and easy dish to make. Usually made with chicken, peanuts and chilies, it is a combination for sweet, salt, spicy and sour.

Here, this all time favorite gets a make over to a healthy homemade allergy friendly Kung Pao Chicken with Roasted Chickpeas. I air fried the chicken instead of stir frying, just because frying makes everything that much more tasty and air frying makes it healthier than deep frying.

To give it an allergy friendly twist:


  • Lemon juice is substituted for the vinegar.
  • Roasted chickpeas are used to replace the peanuts. The chickpeas give a hint of nutty taste and crunch, like the peanuts. I am going to call this dish, Kung Pea Chicken, get it? 😉

With these substitutions the dish becomes nut free and vinegar free. It does not have a lot of sauce but a cup of stock can be added to make more sauce. I serve it over a bed of fried rice, get my secret recipe for restaurant style fried rice here.


  • 50 mins
  • Serves: 4
  • Easy

Ingredients

Adjust Servings:
Marination
1 lb chicken boneless cubes
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 tablespoon corn flour
Sauce
10 button red chilies
1 tablespoon ginger julienne
1 tablespoon crushed garlic
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon crushed red pepper
1 tablespoon pasta sauce
2 tablespoons oil
Garnish
3 green onion, chopped
3 tablespoons roasted chickpeas

Nutritional information

26g
Protein
5g
Carbs
10g
Fat
1g
Sugars
1g
Sat Fat
218k
Calories

If you make this recipe, snap a pic and hashtag it #limitlessallergies on Instagram, Facebook, & Twitter!
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Restaurant Style Fried Rice

Steps

1
Done
10 mins
Marinate chicken with all marination ingredients for 10 minutes.
2
Done
35 mins
gluten free and egg free air fried chicken
Air fry for 35 minutes until light golden, remove and keep aside.
3
Done
1 min
ginger garlic and red chilli frying in oil
Heat oil in a pan, fry crushed garlic, ginger julienne and button red chilies for about a minute.
4
Done
1 min
coat the air fried chicken in sauce
Add all the seasoning, sauces and chicken, fry for a minute.
5
Done
1 min
peanut free egg free vinegar free gluten free Kung Pao Chicken with Roasted Chickpeas
Lastly add the green onions and roasted chickpeas on top.

Cook Notes




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Air Fryer Gluten Free Honey Chicken

Air Fryer Allergy Friendly Gluten Free Honey Chicken over a bed of Rice

This is a healthy, allergy friendly version of Honey Chicken. This Air Fryer Gluten Free Honey Chicken can be served as a quick weeknight chicken dinner. Serve it with my Cauliflower Fried 'Rice' to make it even more healthy or if you are craving potatoes than these Potato Wedges will do the trick.

Air frying the chicken to give them a crispy texture without the extra oil makes it a little healthier. Also it feels like almost no effort is made in the cooking since air fryer does all the job and the sauce comes together in no time.

I have used coconut oil but you can use any oil or dairy free margarine you use. If you have corn allergies simply increase the amount of gluten free flour you are using and leave out the corn flour.

A tip for air frying is that the less flour the better the chicken comes out otherwise all the flour is stuck on the basket of the air fryer. What tips do you have for making the chicken crispier in air fryer?


  • 52 mins
  • Serves 4
  • Easy

Ingredients

Adjust Servings:
Marinate
1 lb boneless chicken cubes
salt, to taste
black pepper, to taste
1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
2 tablespoon gluten free flour
oil (according to manufacture's instruction)
2 tablespoon corn flour
Honey Sauce
2 tablespoon coconut oil or dairy free butter
1 teaspoon crushed garlic
1/2 teaspoon red chili powder
1/2 teaspoon crushed red chili
2 tablespoon soy sauce
2 tablespoon lemon juice
2 tablespoon brown sugar
2 tablespoon honey
Garnish
green onion, as required

Nutritional information

26g
Protein
21g
Carbs
14g
Fat
12g
Sugars
6g
Sat Fat
310k
Calories

If you make this recipe, snap a pic and hashtag it #limitlessallergies on Instagram, Facebook, & Twitter!
air fried honey chicken

Steps

1
Done
45 min
gluten free chicken fried in air fryer
Marinate chicken with all the given ingredients, fry in the air fryer for 35 minutes or according to manufacturer's instructions.
2
Done
5 min
  • frying garlic and crushed red pepper for the allergy friendly sauce
  • Adding all the sauces to the garlic and red pepper mixture
In a pan, heat coconut oil, fry garlic, add the rest of the sauce ingredients, let it simmer for a few minutes.
3
Done
2 min
Adding the chicken to the sauce
Toss in the fried chicken, mix well so the sauce coats the chicken pieces. Garnish with green onions. Serve over boiled rice.

Cook Notes

  • If you are not using soy sauce, use salt to taste instead.
  • Use oil instead of coconut oil/ dairy free butter.
  • If not using corn flour increase the gluten free flour (add same amount as corn flour).
  • For more sauce add 1 cup chicken stock or water before adding the chicken, let it come to a boil then add the chicken.





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