Kung Pao Chicken
Bring bold, modern flavour straight to your counter with this vibrant Kung Pao Chicken, crafted to help butchers offer customers something exciting, colourful and ready to cook at home. This dish delivers a perfect balance of heat, crunch and tang, all built around premium Verstegen ingredients to guarantee consistent quality and standout taste.
The base seasoning starts with Verstegen Tjap Tjoi Composition, which lifts the chicken with warm, aromatic notes. Then, Verstegen DS Bond enhances texture and moisture, so every piece cooks up tender, juicy and full of flavour. As the vegetables and peanuts go in, the mix becomes visually striking, offering your customers a dish that looks as good as it tastes. Because of the fresh peppers, carrot and red onion, the final product stays colourful in the pack and catches attention instantly.
Next, the heat builds with a generous spoon of Verstegen Sambal Oelek. It brings a clean chilli kick that appeals to customers who love bolder flavours but still want balance. To round everything off, Verstegen Sweet & Sour Sauce adds tang, sweetness and shine. When combined, the result is a rich, glossy finish that coats the chicken perfectly and delivers an authentic Kung Pao profile without any fuss.
This product works brilliantly in a boilable vac bag, so you can offer a consistent, ready-to-heat meal with minimal labour. The controlled steam cook keeps everything tender and bright while locking in flavour. Once chilled, the dish holds its quality well and offers excellent shelf presence.
Overall, this Kung Pao Chicken gives butchers a premium, high-impact addition to their counter—full of texture, colour and flavour, and powered entirely by trusted Verstegen ingredients. It’s convenient for you, enticing for customers and ideal for boosting meal-solution sales.
Method
Mix together the Tjap Tjoi Composition & DS Bond.
Add to the chicken and combine.
Add the vegetables, Sambal Oelek and sauce and mix well.
Place in to a boilable vac bag and vacuum on 90% making sure the thickness of the bag with filling is no thicker than 2 inches to allow for even cooking.
Cook on 100% Steam 85°c for 1.5 hours.
Cool in blast chiller or iced water to 5-8°c within 1.5 hours of removing from oven.
When displaying, garnish with Verstegen Black & White Sesame Seeds, spring onion and Verstegen Star Anise.
Ingredients
1kg Diced Chicken Breast (1 inch dice)
20g Verstegen Tjap Tjoi Composition
10g Verstegen DS Bond
1 x 225g Tin Water Chestnuts (Drained)
1 x 225g Tin Bamboo Shoots (Drained)
200g Salted Peanuts
150g Red Onion (diced)
150g Diced Peppers
100g Carrot (sliced)
60g-90g Verstegen Sambal Oelek (Chilli Paste)
800g Verstegen Sweet & Sour Sauce
Verstegen Black Sesame Seeds (garnish)
Verstegen White Sesame Seeds (garnish)
Verstegen Star Anise (garnish)
Spring Onions (garnish)