General Tso’s Chicken

Name: General Tso’s Chicken
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 Servings
Ingredients: garlic: 2 cloves minced; ginger: 1 tsp fresh minced; chilis: 5 dried; vegetable oil: 1 Tbsp; vegetable oil: 400 ml; cornstarch: 1 Tbsp; water: 1 Tbsp; chicken: 500 g; salt; pepper; baking powder: 1/2 tsp; wine: 1 Tbsp rice; cornstarch: 1/4 cup; egg: 1; sugar: 2 Tbsp; soy sauce: 1 Tbsp; hot chili sauce: 1 Tbsp; wine: 2 Tbsp rice; chicken stock: 1/4 cup

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45 mins
Serves 4
Medium

Ingredients

2 cloves minced garlic
1 tsp fresh minced ginger
5 dried chilis
1 Tbsp vegetable oil
400 ml vegetable oil
for deep frying
1 Tbsp cornstarch
1 Tbsp water
marinade
500 g chicken
cut into cube
salt
pepper
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 Tbsp rice wine
1/4 cup cornstarch
1 egg
sauce
2 Tbsp sugar
1 Tbsp soy sauce
1 Tbsp hot chili sauce
2 Tbsp rice wine
1/4 cup chicken stock

Directions

General Tso’s Chicken

is simply the best Chinese chicken dish you will ever have. It has sweet and slightly spicy taste with a kick from garlic and ginger, this is sure to be a favorite! We have this dish quite often in our family and it is incredible. This is way better than takeout! So, make sure you also try this recipe and let me know how this dish comes out in your dinner table.

Looking for some other Asian food options for dinner? here is a list of delicious meals waiting to be made!

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Note:

You can swap out items, like white wine vinegar for rice vinegar.
You can add more or less chili, just depend how you can handle the spiciness.
Want less dishes? You can just drain the oil after you fry all the chicken, leave a small amount (about a tablespoon) in the pan and use the same pan if you like.

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Steps

1 Done	Marinade In a large mixing bowl, add the chicken together with baking powder, rice wine, cornstarch, egg and season with some salt and pepper. Mix until the chicken cubes are well coated. Set aside for 10 minutes, meanwhile you can prepare the sauce mixture and heat the oil.
2 Done	sauce mixture Add the sugar, soy sauce, hot chili sauce, rice wine, chicken stock in a small bowl and whisk together. Set aside.
3 Done	Deep fry Heat 400ml vegetable oil in a wok or large saucepan to 190°C Carefully drop the chicken cubes into the hot oil one by one, cooking until they turns golden brown and begin to float, about 5 minutes. Remove the chicken from the wok and drain on a paper towel-lined plate.
4 Done	Heat a tablespoon vegetable oil in another large pan over high heat. Stir in the garlic, ginger, dried chilies for 1 minute or until the garlic has turned golden. Add the sauce mixture and bring to boil and cook for 3 minutes.
5 Done	Dissolve a tablespoon of cornstarch into one tablespoon water, and stir into the boiling sauce. Cook for about 1 minute until thickened.
6 Done	Add and toss the chicken into the sauce. Serve immediately with some rice and veggies.