$10 Deal: Yum’s Hunan Chicken is spicy, sweet and savory
Hunan chicken is stir-fried with onions, peppers, baby corn, bamboo chutes and broccoli, but really any veggie will do. (Joshua Carlucci/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Joshua Carlucci
Joshua Carlucci is a food writer and professional cook from rural Central California. He is a Memphis transplant by way of New Orleans and New York City. He has a bachelor’s in English from UC Berkeley, a culinary diploma from the Institute of Culinary Education and is an MFA candidate in Creative Writing at the University of Memphis. Find more of his work on his website, joshuacarlucci.com
If you’re not familiar with Hunan-style chicken as a Chinese-American dish, a close cousin would be Kung Pao.
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