Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, general tso's chicken. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Cut chicken into chunks, then mix together with cornstarch. For the sauce: Mix together soy sauce, sugar, hoisin, vinegar, cornstarch. General Tso Chicken is a favorite Chinese food takeout choice that is sweet and slightly spicy with a kick from garlic and ginger.
General Tso's Chicken is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look fantastic. General Tso's Chicken is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have general tso's chicken using 25 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make General Tso's Chicken:
- Take 4 skillets chicken (cut diced)
- Get 5 dried chillies (cur half)
- Prepare 1 spring onion (thinly sliced)
- Make ready Cooking oil
- Prepare Marinade (min 30 minutes)
- Prepare Chicken
- Take 1 tbsp light soy sauce
- Take 3 tbsp cornstarch
- Make ready 1 tsp pepper
- Make ready 1 tbsp all purpose flour
- Prepare 1 egg (mix before fry)
- Make ready Sauce
- Take 2 tbsp dark soy sauce
- Prepare 2 tbsp oyster sauce
- Make ready 3 garlic (finely chopped)
- Make ready Ginger (finely chopped)
- Prepare 2 tbsp sugar
- Make ready 2 tbsp vinegar
- Prepare 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- Take 1 tsp pepper
- Make ready 1 tbsp cornstarch
- Prepare Water to dillute
- Get Garnish
- Get Sesame seeds
- Take Spring onion
General Tso's Chicken was one of my favorite college days late night Chinese food delivery orders. The spicier, zestier less popular cousin to the ever popular Orange Chicken, General Tso's Chicken is a fantastic option when you're looking to change up your Chinese food routine. Okay, so in my humble opinion, when ordering General Tso Chicken, Sesame Chicken or Orange Chicken from a Chinese restaurant, the base sauce reicpe is the same, they simply add spice to the General Tso, sesame seeds to the Sesame Chicken, and orange peel (with a little spice) to the Orange Chicken. It's sweet, savory, sour and every bit as addictive as the restaurant version.
Steps to make General Tso's Chicken:
- Prepare all ingredients. Cut the chicken itu bite size, and then in a mixing bowl mix with cornstarch and white pepper. Marinade for minimum 30 minutes (I did it overnight).
- Meanwhile, prepare the sauce. Mix altogether in a bowl. Then add a beaten egg and all purpose flour to the marinated chicken.
- Heat the pan, put some cooking oil, and fry the chicken until it is golden brown and cooked.
- Heat some oil again, now sauteé the dried chillies and onion. Next, put the sauce in, and mixed with the leftover batter (egg and flour) until it's thickened. Last, put the chicken in and let the sauce cover all the chicken's surface.
- Garnish with sesame seeds and spring onion. Serve with hot white rice.
The chicken is crispy without being overly breaded (my usual complaint when it comes to General Tso's), while the sauce is thick and syrupy, just like it should be. If pieces of chicken stick together, break apart with spatula. 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, and made without all the added sugar used in most restaurants. This is even better than the BEST I have had in my fave Chinese restaurant.
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