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How to Draw Kung Pao Chicken
Draw kung pao chicken in 13 easy steps, about 10 minutes. Free, with a printable worksheet.
Each picture adds one red line. Draw that line, then scroll to the next picture. Rub out any dashed helper lines at the end. First up: the rim.
Step 1: The rim
A little above the middle draw a very wide oval for the top of a wok, wider than your hand.
Step 2: The wok
Start at the left end of the oval. Draw a deep round bowl and stop at the right end.
Tip Kung pao chicken is stir-fried in a wok with peanuts and chillies.
Step 3: A ring stand
Under the wok draw a small stand. Start on the wok, go down, across, and stop back on the wok.
Step 4: 2 loop handles
On each side, just under the rim, start on the side and draw a small loop back to the side.
Step 5: The sauce
Inside the rim draw a second oval a finger inside it, all the way round, for the glossy sauce.
Step 6: Chicken cubes
In the sauce draw 3 chunky tilted blocks with soft corners, spread about, for pieces of chicken.
Step 7: Peanuts and chillies
Between the chicken draw 3 small tilted ovals for peanuts, and 2 little curved chillies pointing different ways.
Step 8: Spring onion and steam
In the gaps draw 2 tiny strips of spring onion. Above the wok draw 2 wiggly steam lines.
Step 9: Table and chopsticks
Draw a table line under the stand, left to right. On its right lay 2 chopsticks, one on top.
Step 10: Tan peanuts, ginger chicken
Go over your lines. Colour the peanuts tan and the chicken cubes ginger.
Step 11: Wood stand, green onion
Colour the stand and chopsticks wood brown, and the spring onion green.
Step 12: Red chillies, brown sauce
Colour the chillies red. Colour the sauce brown around the chicken, nuts, chillies and onion.
Step 13: Black wok
Colour the wok black, around the sauce up to its edge. Your kung pao chicken is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: kung pao chicken, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
