Easiest Way to Cook Appetizing General Tso Chicken

General Tso Chicken. 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. Cut chicken into chunks, then mix together with cornstarch. For the sauce: Mix together soy sauce, sugar, hoisin, vinegar, cornstarch.

But, like in much of Chinese food, it's the sauce that makes each dish unique. The dish is named after Zuo Zongtang (also romanized Tso Tsung-t'ang), a Qing dynasty statesman and military leader, although there is no recorded connection to him nor is the dish known in Hunan, Zuo's home province. General Tso's Chicken was one of my favorite college days late night Chinese food delivery orders. You can have General Tso Chicken using 28 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of General Tso Chicken

1. Prepare of Marinade.
2. It's 1 of Egg White.
3. You need 2 Tbs of Soy Sauce.
4. It's 2 Tbs of Dry Sherry.
5. It's 2 Tbs of Chinese Cooking Wine.
6. Prepare 1/4 tsp of Baking Soda.
7. It's 3 Tbs of Corn Starch.
8. You need 1 tsp of Course ground black pepper.
9. Prepare 8-10 of Boneless skinless chicken thighs.
10. It's of Coating.
11. It's 1/2 C of Flour.
12. It's 1/2 C of Corn Starch.
13. You need 1/2 tsp of Baking Powder.
14. Prepare 1/2 tsp of Salt.
15. You need of Sauce.
16. It's 3 Tbs of Soy Sauce.
17. It's 2 Tbs of Chinese Cooking Wine.
18. It's 2 Tbs of Rice Vinegar.
19. Prepare 3 Tbs of Chicken Stock.
20. You need 4 Tbs of White Sugar.
21. You need 5 tsp of Sesame Oil.
22. You need 1 Tbs of Corn Starch.
23. Prepare 2 tsp of Peanut Oil.
24. You need 2 tsp of Minced Garlic.
25. It's 2 tsp of Minced Ginger.
26. It's 1 of Minced green onion.
27. It's 1 tsp of Red pepper flakes.
28. Prepare 6 of Green Onions cut in 1/2 - 1 inch lengths.

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. General Tso Chicken is a favorite Chinese food takeout choice that is sweet and slightly spicy with a kick from garlic and ginger. If pieces of chicken stick together, break apart with spatula. Bite-sized pieces of tender chicken are dipped in a coating and fried until perfectly crispy, then tossed in a deliciously sweet and spicy sauce.

General Tso Chicken instructions

1. Cut chicken thighs in to 1 - 1 1/2 inch pieces.
2. Mix marinade ingredients in to a bowl. Ensure no lumps, then add the chicken pieces. Coat chicken well then set aside..
3. Mix dry coating ingredients. Make sure it is well mixed. Set aside..
4. Add about 1 inch of peanut oil to pot or stove top crock pot and begin heating oil to approx 350 degrees..
5. While oil is heating, add the chicken from the marinade to the dry mix and coat each piece thoroughly..
6. When oil is hot, add the chicken one piece at a time gently in to the oil. Fry for 5-6 minutes or until crispy and lightly browned. Remove chicken from the oil in to a paper towel lined dish. Repeat until all of the chicken is cooked..
7. Sauce - Mix sauce ingredients in a bowl except for garlic, ginger, and minced green onion and 1/2 sliced green onion..
8. Gently fry garlic, ginger, and minced green onion in fry pan with a little bit of peanut oil 2-3 minutes..
9. Add mixed sauce ingredients to fry pan and simmer until thickened. As soon as sauce thickens, remove from heat. It is better to remove if from the fry pan and put in to a bowl..
10. When the chicken has finished cooking, add in to the fry pan (no heat) that the sauce was cooked in. Pour the sauce over the cooked crispy chicken and mix very well to ensure each piece of chicken is coated. Garnish with the remaining 1/2 of sliced green onion..
11. Serve over rice..

Steamed broccoli is a popular accompaniment in many takeout places and of course a bed of fragrant steamed rice. For spicy food lovers, General Tso's Chicken is practically irresistible! This chicken dis is a popular Chinese entree made with fried chicken pieces coated in a sweet and slightly spicy sauce. This chicken is similar to sesame chicken, but the sauce has a little more heat and a more complex savory flavor. It is often served with a side of steamed broccoli.

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