AI-generated ingredient illustration: shelled peanuts with skins removed, including whole kernels and halves.

Nuts · Ingredients

Peanuts

花生

Huāshēng

Nuts that add crunch to Kung Pao chicken.

A CLOSER LOOK

How to recognize it

Shelled kernels; in one Kung Pao chicken preparation, the skins are also removed.

In the kitchen

Cooked separately and added to the stir-fry.

Roasted peanuts can replace freshly cooked kernels.

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