22/10/2021
Sheet Pan Kung Pao Chicken & Brussel Sprouts 🌶
Fun fact: in high school I worked as a hostess at a Chinese restaurant!! At the end of the night the chefs would cook a meal for the staff, which mostly included authentic dishes that weren’t on the regular menu. The experience really encouraged me to try new foods and opened my palate to new flavors!!
So here’s my spin on one of our most popular dishes: Kung Pao 💥 By making it at home we get to control the amount of oil, sodium, and sugar in the meal!! 🙌
Sheet Pan Kung Pao Chicken & Brussel Sprouts 🥡
2 lb Brussel sprouts, trimmed and halved
1-1.5 lb chicken breast, cut into 1.5 inch pieces
2-3 tsp olive oil
1 red bell pepper, chopped into 0.5 inch pieces
4 Tbsp reduced sodium soy sauce
4 Tbsp water
2 Tbsp rice wine vinegar
1 Tbsp sugar (or monk fruit)
1 tsp cornstarch
1/4 cup chopped green onions, divided
8-10 dried Chinese red chiles (optional)
1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
1 tsp black pepper
1/4 cup peanuts, divided
2 Tbsp minced garlic
1 Tbsp ginger (I use the frozen ginger cubes from )
Preheat oven to 450 F.
Toss Brussel sprouts and chicken onto a sheet pan and drizzle with olive oil. Roast in preheated oven for 20 minutes. Add red bell pepper and cook 5 more minutes.
While the sprouts are cooking, make the sauce. In a small bowl, whisk together soy sauce, water, vinegar, sugar, cornstarch, and half the green onions. Set aside.
Heat a medium saucepan over med-high heat and toast red pepper flakes, black pepper, half the peanuts, and chiles (if using) for 2 minutes. Reduce heat to medium, add garlic and ginger and stir constantly for 1 minute. Add the cornstarch mixture and simmer 5 minutes until thickened.
Pour sauce over sprouts, chicken, and bell pepper.
Garnish with remaining green onions, peanuts, and more red pepper flakes if desired! 🥢