Recipe: Perfect General Tso Chicken

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General Tso Chicken. Remove chicken from wine/soy marinade and place in flour mixture. Mix thoroughly, until all the chicken pieces are coated. General Tso's Chicken was one of my favorite college days late night Chinese food delivery orders.

General Tso Chicken General Tso's chicken is a sweet, deep-fried chicken dish that is served in North American Chinese restaurants. This healthier lightened up version is wok sautéed instead of deep fried. An easy General Tso's chicken recipe that yields crispy chicken without deep-frying. You can cook General Tso Chicken using 12 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of General Tso Chicken

  1. It's 1/2 c of Chicken Broth or water (broth preferred).
  2. Prepare 2 Tbsp of Sugar.
  3. You need 1.5 Tbsp of Soy Sauce.
  4. Prepare 1.5 Tbsp of Sambal.
  5. Prepare 1 tsp of Cornstarch + 3 Tbsp of water.
  6. It's 1 lb of Chicken Breast or Thighs diced.
  7. It's to taste of Salt.
  8. You need to taste of Pepper.
  9. You need 1 Cup of Flour.
  10. It's of Oil for (frying).
  11. You need 2 Tbsp of Garlic(minced).
  12. It's 1 Tbsp of Ginger (minced).

It also uses much less sugar while maintaining a great bold taste. Once you've tried it, you'll skip takeout next time. Next time you're craving General Tso chicken, skip the takeout and make it at home! The sweet and spicy General Tso sauce poured over the crispy, juicy chicken is what makes this dish so amazing.

General Tso Chicken instructions

  1. Chop and Season Chicken with salt in pepper. Season flour with salt and pepper in a bag or bowl. Then toss chicken in flour mixture..
  2. Heat Oil to 375°F. (I use my deep fryer).
  3. In a small bowl combine chicken broth, sugar, sambal, Soy sauce and cornstarch water mixture..
  4. Fry chicken for 4-6 minutes depending on chicken size. Then drain on paper towels..
  5. In skillet or wok heat garlic, Ginger, chili peppers (optional) for about 1 minute. Then add sauce mixture. After heating mixture it will thicken.Now add chicken pieces to the skillet and mix in the sauce..

Take a pic and share yours in the comments below! The original General Tso's chicken recipe was invented by the late chef Peng Chang-kuei. The spicy-sweet sauce is what sets General Tso's apart from its Chinese chicken counterparts. But General Tso's chicken has nothing to do with the general. General Tso's chicken is created by a famous cook Changgui Peng who is expert in Hunan Cuisine.