Copycat Cheesecake Factory Bang Bang Chicken and Shrimp
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Copycat Cheesecake Factory Bang Bang Chicken and Shrimp – a replica of the popular Bang Bang Chicken and Shrimp, it’s out of this world delicious!
Bang Bang Chicken And Shrimp
It’s bang bang chicken and shrimp magic right here.
One of my favorite dishes to order from Cheesecake factory is this dish right here, bang bang chicken and shrimp. But because I love to cook, I knew I had to take this challenge on and try and make this myself. While you may look at this dish and read the list of ingredients and may be tempted to run away, don’t get scared. I’ve broken it down into 4 easy steps, because you know me, I love quick and easy. I would never steer you wrong.
This is a special recipe, delicious coconut curry over a bed of shrimp and chicken and drizzled with an insanely yummy peanut sauce, well I’m in love. Well that’s as in love as one can be with food. But lucky me I still have leftovers in the fridge.
Yes I admit it, the list of ingredients is long, but a lot of the ingredients are spices, most of which you probably already have in your pantry.
Because this recipe is a bit labor intensive, I have broken it down for you into 4 easy steps. The first thing you should do is get the chicken and shrimp out of the way. Basically you just need to season them generously with salt and pepper then coat them in some cornstarch. Fry them in a little bit of oil on both sides until slightly golden and that’s all there is to this step. While the chicken and shrimp are cooking, you could get your veggies ready by julienning the zucchini and carrot.
If you really want to save on time, you could use store bought peanut sauce, however, it literally took me like 3 minutes to make this peanut sauce. You basically just dump all the peanut sauce ingredients into a small sauce pan and bring it to a boil. That’s it.
The coconut curry is where you’ll spend most of your time with but it’s so worth it. This coconut curry is money, I should bottle this and sell it, it’s that good. I could eat it just on it’s own.
And finally the last step is just assembling your plates and making them as pretty as you get them from the restaurant. I love this dish and I think it’s perfect for a weekend dinner or maybe even a Valentine’s Day dinner.
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Copycat Cheesecake Factory Bang Bang Chicken and Shrimp
Ingredients
Curry Coconut Sauce
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1/8 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 2 cloves garlic (minced)
- 1 small onion (chopped)
- 1 teaspoon ginger (minced)
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin (ground)
- 1/2 teaspoon coriander (ground)
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1/4 teaspoon salt (or to taste)
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper (or to taste)
- 1/4 teaspoon allspice
- 1/4 teaspoon turmeric
- 14 fluid ounce coconut milk ((1 can))
- 1 medium carrot (julienned)
- 1 small zucchini (julienned)
- 1/2 cup peas (frozen)
Peanut Sauce
- 1/4 cup peanut butter (creamy)
- 2 tablespoon water
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce (reduced salt)
- 1 teaspoon rice vinegar
- 1 teaspoon lime juice
- 1/8 teaspoon red pepper flakes
Chicken and Shrimp
- 1 chicken breast (cut into bite size pieces)
- 10 medium shrimp (shelled)
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
- 2 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 2 cups rice (cooked)
Garnish
- 1/2 cup flaked coconut (toasted)
- 1/4 cup peanuts (chopped)
- 2 green onions (julienned or chopped)
- sesame seeds (optional)
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Instructions
Chicken and Shrimp
- Heat the 2 tbsp of vegetable oil in a large skillet. Season chicken pieces and shrimp generously with salt and pepper. Sprinkle the cornstarch over chicken and shrimp and toss, making sure each piece is fully coated in cornstarch. Add the coated chicken to the skillet and cook for a couple minutes per side, until slightly golden. Remove from skillet and add shrimp. Cook shrimp for a couple minutes until slightly pink and remove from skillet. Set aside.
Peanut Sauce
- To make the peanut sauce add all ingredients in a small sauce pan and heat just until the mixture begins to bubble; cover and remove pan from heat.
Coconut Curry
- In a medium sauce pan heat the olive oil, sesame oil and crushed red pepper flakes over medium heat. Add chopped onion, garlic and ginger and cook just until onion is translucent. Add spices and water and stir well. Bring to a boil, then add coconut milk and bring the mixture back up to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for about 20 minutes or until sauce thickens. Add julienned carrots and zucchini, then peas. Cook for another 10 minutes or until carrots are tender.
Assemble plates
- Divide the rice into 4 plates. Add chicken and shrimp, dividing them equal among the 4 plates. Spoon the coconut curry over chicken and shrimp. Drizzle peanut sauce over the dice. Top with crushed peanuts, sesame seeds if desired, green onions and some of the flaked coconut.
Notes
Nutrition Information
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Recipe adapted from Top Secret Recipes
Made this for my husband and I when he called and said he’d had a rough day. I wanted to make something special . It was absolutely delicious and quite quick to put together. Thank you for such a great recipe!
My pleasure, so glad you liked it!
This was very good. Whole family loved it!
Can I grill the shrimp and chicken (without the cornstarch) or will this mess up the taste?
You can definitely do that. It should be fine.
I just had the Bang Bang Chicken & Shrimp at The Cheesecake Factory on Friday. I wanted to try and recreate at home tonight. I found this recipe and gave it a try, even though I didn’t have all the ingredients. I combined the 2 sauces together and added a little chili powder and cooler seasoning to kick up the heat a bit. I only had half & half instead of coconut milk, it was still good, but I am sure the coconut would have been better.
My hubby and I both really liked it. It was a nice change from normal menu and so good to add lots of veggies in this.
This is one of my favorite dinners to make when we are wanting a restaurant quality meal and staying home to watch the budget
This recipe is amazing! I do not have a Cheesecake factory close to me. This recipe hit the spot and was delicious! Thank you for sharing it!
My pleasure, glad you enjoyed it!
This was perfect, and thank you!
So happy you liked it, Courtney!
Spot on!!!
This is my favorite recipe at Cheesecake Factory! I was excited to find a copycat recipe. It tastes so good! Really love the curry sauce!
Fantastic recipe!!! I have made it many times. It is a family favorite. Sometimes we skip the peanut sauce and still it’s great. Love it!!!
Amazing and nice and simple instructions. Perfect as is. You have to have all the parts to it. I added more water to keep the peanut sauce thin…and a bit of salt to the curry sauce. So delicious. I think I’ll add a little bit of sugar to the curry sauce next time but even as is its perfection!!!
Pineapple? I get this every time I go! I think it has pineapple in it??
No pineapple! https://www.thecheesecakefactory.com/menu/specialties/bang-bang-chicken-and-shrimp/
You can add some if you’d like.
I love the cheesecake factory’s bang bang chicken and shrimp and wanted to make it at home. I picked this recipe and im so glad i did!
Hi Jo. You mention coconut milk in the recipe for Bang Bang Chicken and Shrimp and I cannot locate how much to put in recipe. Thank you. Cant wait to try it.
Hi Linda! I see it listed as one 14oz can in the recipe card.
This recipe really is a true copycat. The order of operations is critical when making the curry sauce! Learned that my first time. It’s 5-stars untouched, but I added a little sugar my second time since the original dish had a sweetness that I loved. This is also great with rice noodles instead of rice. If you want to try that, 4 oz. of rice noodles was perfect for nice saucy noodles. I will never use store-bought curry paste again; this homemade spice blend is now my go-to.