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General Tsao's Chicken
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mnwalleye
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General Tsao's Chicken
Ingredients:
3 lbs deboned dark chicken meat, cut into large chunks
1/4 cup soy sauce
1 tsp white pepper
1 egg
1 cup cornstarch
Vegetable oil for deep frying
2 cups sliced onion
16 small dried hot peppers cut into pieces
Sauce :
1/2 cup cornstarch, blended with 1/4 cup water
1 1/2 tsp minced garlic
1 1/2 tsp minced ginger root
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup white vinegar
1/4 cup cooking wine
1 1/2 cup hot chicken broth
Directions :
Mix sauce’s ingredients and stir until sugar dissolves. Refrigerate until needed.
In separate bowl, mix chicken, soy sauce and white pepper. Stir in egg. Add cornstarch and mix until chicken pieces are coated evenly. Add enough vegetable oil to help separate chicken pieces.
Divide chicken into small quantities and deep fry at 350°F until
crispy. Drain on paper towels.
Place a small amount of oil in hot wok and heat until hot.
Add onions and peppers and stirfry briefly.
Stir sauce and add to wok. Place chicken in sauce and cook until sauce thickens. Serve with rice.
Ingredients:
3 lbs deboned dark chicken meat, cut into large chunks
1/4 cup soy sauce
1 tsp white pepper
1 egg
1 cup cornstarch
Vegetable oil for deep frying
2 cups sliced onion
16 small dried hot peppers cut into pieces
Sauce :
1/2 cup cornstarch, blended with 1/4 cup water
1 1/2 tsp minced garlic
1 1/2 tsp minced ginger root
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup white vinegar
1/4 cup cooking wine
1 1/2 cup hot chicken broth
Directions :
Mix sauce’s ingredients and stir until sugar dissolves. Refrigerate until needed.
In separate bowl, mix chicken, soy sauce and white pepper. Stir in egg. Add cornstarch and mix until chicken pieces are coated evenly. Add enough vegetable oil to help separate chicken pieces.
Divide chicken into small quantities and deep fry at 350°F until
crispy. Drain on paper towels.
Place a small amount of oil in hot wok and heat until hot.
Add onions and peppers and stirfry briefly.
Stir sauce and add to wok. Place chicken in sauce and cook until sauce thickens. Serve with rice.
Comments
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AGEM Thanks, Bookmarked and added to list of next cooksLarge, small and mini now Egging in Rowlett Tx
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Looks great, I make Tso's chicken fairly often, love it. -RP
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Man, that looks soo good.
You said 16 small peppers. What kind?Rowlett, Texas
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Randy, what did you use to get such a fluffy batter?Judy
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Looks delicious! Thanks for the recipe too. Now just gotta find me a wok...
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It's the dry desert air, Judy
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that looks delicious. I have some Thai Bird Chili's that will work perfectly for that recipe. Now I just need to get that wok.Large and Small BGE * www.quelfood.com
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I make a slurry with egg and cornstarch and marinate the chicken in it for about 30 minutes. Then I fry them in a deep fryer. BTW, welcome back! -RP
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Chilli peppers.
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Thanks, looks good.Salado TX & 30A FL: Egg Family: 3 Large and a very well used Mini, added a Mini Max when they came out (I'm good for now). Plus a couple Pit Boss Pellet Smokers.
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That does look real tastey. Does anybody know what kind of duties/fees involved in shipping these Ceramic Store rigs to Canada?
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Nice cook, Jason, thanks for the recipe!!
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Great looking meal
Thanks for including the recipe
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Freakin' YUM! That is one I have been wanting to try. Nice job, Jason, it looks great.Knoxville, TN
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Thank you for the photos & a recipe to boot! I've yet to try my hand at Oriental cusine but this might be a great place to start as General Tso's Chicken is one of my all-time favs!!~~
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Excluding crab rangoons, generals is my favorite. Yours looks perfect
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Great pics, listed the ingredients, nice job! Just the way this should be done MNW!!!!
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I don't eat fish or seafood so this is my favorite.
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I've never seen a chinese recipe with a cup of cornstarch, but that looks delicious.
Noob Question: where did you get that all-metal wok? A search on this forum gave me zero results (!)
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