Ding Baozhen [4]

Created by Ding Baozhen, Governor of Shandong and Governor of Sichuan in Qing Dynasty, he has a good knowledge of cooking, likes to eat chicken and peanuts, and especially likes spicy food. When he was an official in Shandong, he ordered his chef to change the Shandong dish "Fried Chicken with Sauce" into spicy stir-frying. Later, when he was governor of Sichuan, he popularized this dish and created a delicious dish made by frying chicken, red pepper and peanuts in a pan. This delicious dish was originally Ding Jia's private kitchen, but it became well known and became known as kung pao chicken. The so-called "Gong Bao" is actually the honorary title of Ding Baozhen. Ding Baozhen ruled Shu for ten years and made many achievements. He died in the eleventh year of Guangxu. In recognition of his achievements, the Qing court posthumously awarded the "Prince Taibao". As mentioned above, "Tai Zi Tai Bao" is one of the "Gong Bao", so in memory of Ding Baozhen, he invented this dish named "kung pao chicken". Because this dish is so widely spread, there are many different practices in various places, and there is even a "Kung Pao Diced Meat" that turns diced chicken into diced meat. After kung pao chicken spread to the west, westerners also made some improvements according to their own tastes, making it a "western-style kung pao chicken" in line with western tastes