General Tso Chicken

Name: General Tso Chicken
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: Marinade; 1 Egg White; 2 Tbs Soy Sauce; 2 Tbs Dry Sherry; 2 Tbs Chinese Cooking Wine; 1/4 tsp Baking Soda; 3 Tbs Corn Starch; 1 tsp Course ground black pepper; 8-10 Boneless skinless chicken thighs; Coating; 1/2 C Flour; 1/2 C Corn Starch; 1/2 tsp Baking Powder; 1/2 tsp Salt; Sauce; 3 Tbs Soy Sauce; 2 Tbs Chinese Cooking Wine; 2 Tbs Rice Vinegar; 3 Tbs Chicken Stock; 4 Tbs White Sugar; 5 tsp Sesame Oil; 1 Tbs Corn Starch; 2 tsp Peanut Oil; 2 tsp Minced Garlic; 2 tsp Minced Ginger; 1 Minced green onion; 1 tsp Red pepper flakes; 6 Green Onions cut in 1/2 - 1 inch lengths

kromed68 @kromed68

Calgary, Canada

The crispiness of the chicken is mostly due to the corn starch in the dry mix. If you like a more saucy dish then I would double the sauce ingredients. Currently this is enough to just coat the chicken.

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Ingredients

Marinade
1Egg White
2 TbsSoy Sauce
2 TbsDry Sherry
2 TbsChinese Cooking Wine
1/4 tspBaking Soda
3 TbsCorn Starch
1 tspCourse ground black pepper
8-10Boneless skinless chicken thighs
Coating
1/2 CFlour
1/2 CCorn Starch
1/2 tspBaking Powder
1/2 tspSalt
Sauce
3 TbsSoy Sauce
2 TbsChinese Cooking Wine
2 TbsRice Vinegar
3 TbsChicken Stock
4 TbsWhite Sugar
5 tspSesame Oil
1 TbsCorn Starch
2 tspPeanut Oil
2 tspMinced Garlic
2 tspMinced Ginger
1Minced green onion
1 tspRed pepper flakes
6Green Onions cut in 1/2 - 1 inch lengths

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Steps

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.
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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.