General Tso’s Chicken

Name: General Tso’s Chicken
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 300 gr boneless chicken meat, cut into bite sizes; 1/2 tsp salt; 60 gr cornstarch; 500 ml oil for deep frying the chicken; 1 Tbsp vegetable oil; 2 cloves garlic, minced; 1/2 inch ginger, finely minced; 10 dried chilies, soak in lukewarm water for 30 minutes to 1 hour (the amount of dried chilies can be reduced or added to taste); 2 green onions, julienned; For the sauce:; 3 Tbsp soy sauce; 1 Tbsp dark soy sauce; 2 Tbsp rice vinegar; 1 tsp Hoisin sauce; 1/2 Tbsp Chinese cooking wine; 2 Tbsp water; 1 Tbsp cornstarch

jenscookingdiary @jenscookingdiary

Pasadena, California

This menu is originated from Hunan, China. The dish is named after Zuo Zongtang, a Qing dynasty statesman and military leader. Don’t know why people named this dish General Tso. According to Wikipedia, there is no recorded connection to him nor the dish. IG @jenscookingdiary

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Ingredients

300 grboneless chicken meat, cut into bite sizes
1/2 tspsalt
60 grcornstarch
500 mloil for deep frying the chicken
1 Tbspvegetable oil
2 clovesgarlic, minced
1/2 inchginger, finely minced
10dried chilies, soak in lukewarm water for 30 minutes to 1 hour (the amount of dried chilies can be reduced or added to taste)
2green onions, julienned
For the sauce:
3 Tbspsoy sauce
1 Tbspdark soy sauce
2 Tbsprice vinegar
1 tspHoisin sauce
1/2 TbspChinese cooking wine
2 Tbspwater
1 Tbspcornstarch

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1

Mix chicken with salt. Set aside for 15 minutes.
2

In a small bowl, mix together the sauce ingredients. Set aside.
3

Coat chicken with the cornstarch. Shake the excess flour off.
4

Deep fry the chicken until golden brown. Remove from the heat. Drain the excess oil by laying the chicken on a dish lined with paper towels.
5

Heat vegetable oil over medium-high heat. Sauté garlic, ginger, and dry chilies until fragrant.
6

Add the sauce mixture. Keep stirring until the sauce thickens.
7

Add the chicken. Stir until the chicken coated evenly with the sauce.
8

Add green onions. Mix well.
9

Serve with warm rice! 😋

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jenscookingdiary @jenscookingdiary

on September 22, 2018 05:50

Pasadena, California

I’m just an ordinary mother who ❤️ to cook 4 my one and only lovely daughter. From 🇮🇩. Live in 🇺🇸 I cook mostly Asian food but I’m open to other dish from other countries too. Hope you all will like the recipes I share 🙏🏻❤️ IG: @jenscookingdiary @jenscookdineandtravel

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General Tso’s Chicken

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