General Tso's Chicken
This General Tso’s recipe is lightly battered crispy chicken breast pieces tossed in a sweet and spicy sauce. A Chinese take-out classic that’s super simple to make at home and taste amazing!
Ingredients
- Marinade for the Chicken
- 1 lb. Boneless & skinless chicken breast cut into 1-inch cubes
- 1 tsp. Baking soda
- 1/4 tsp. Black pepper
- 1 tsp. garlic powder
- 1 tsp. onion powder
- 1 tsp. ginger powder
- 2 tsp. Shaoxing wine Chinese cooking wine
- For the Sauce
- 2 Tbs. Sugar
- 1 Tbs. Sambal
- 1 Tbs. Soy sauce
- 3 Tbs. White vinegar
- 2 Tbs. Shaoxing wine Chinese cooking wine
- 1/4 cup Chicken stock
- 1 tsp. Corn starch
- For the Batter
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup Corn starch
- For Frying & Stir-fry
- Frying oil
- 3 to 6 dried chili
- 4 Cloves garlic roughly chopped
- ginger paste
- 1/2 onion chopped
Instructions
- Marinade the chicken using the ingredients for the marinade and set aside
- mix together all the ingredients for the sauce and whisk well and set aside
- heat oil in frying pan or cook and then mix batter ingredients and coat chicken well
- fry chicken until crispy and done about 5-7 minutes remove from oil and place on paper towel to drain
- in a clean pan heat about 2 TBS of oil add dried chili, onion, ginger paste, and garlic and then sauce that was previously mixed together cook for 2-4 minutes until it begins to thicken
- add chicken and toss well to cover with sauce and cook for another 4-5 minutes and serve over your favorite fried or white rice.
- Let's eat,
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