General Tso's Chicken

A dish that was created by a Chinese guy for American people. So does it become a Chinese food or American food?
General Tso's Chicken
A dish that was created by a Chinese guy for American people. So does it become a Chinese food or American food?
Cooking Instructions
- 1
Put the chicken into a mixing bowl, add the egg white, dark soy sauce, Shaoxing wine and mix it. Cover with plastic wrap and marinade it for at least 30 minutes.
- 2
Now to make the batter, put the flour, cornstarch and salt into another plate and start coating the marinated chicken one by one into the flour.
- 3
Deep-fried the chicken until they are brown on the outside. Once the chicken is fully cooked, drain it with paper towel and set it aside.
- 4
For the sauce, combine the dark soy sauce, Shaoxing wine, rice vinegar, chicken stock, sugar, sesame oil, and cornstarch into a bowl. Stir it with a fork until the cornstarch dissolve. Set it aside.
- 5
In a skillet, add 1 tbsp of oil and start cooking the garlic, ginger, spring onion and chilies in a medium high heat until they are aromatic and soft, about 3 minutes.
- 6
Pour the sauce into the skillet and cook it, stir it until the sauce boils and thicken.
- 7
Reduce the heat to low and add the chicken back to the skillet. Coat the chicken with the sauce until all pieces are thoroughly coated.
- 8
Garnish it with some spring onion and serve with white rice.
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