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General Tso's Chicken

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Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup · Cornstarch
  • 1/4 cup · Water
  • 1 1/2 tsp · Minced garlic
  • 1 1/2 tsp · Minced ginger
  • 3/4 cup · Sugar
  • 1/2 cup · Soy sauce
  • 1/4 cup · White vinegar
  • 1 1/2 cup · Hot chick broth
  • 1 tsp · M.S.G. (optional)
  • 3 lb · Dark deboned chicken meat cut into large chunks
  • 1/4 cup · Soy sauce
  • 1 tsp · White pepper
  • 1 Egg
  • 1 cup · Cornstarch
  • 1 cup · Salad oil
  • 2 cup · Scallions, diced
  • 16 small · Dried hot peppers

Details

Servings 6
Adapted from allthecooks.com

Preparation

Step 1

Directions
To make sauce, mix cornstarch and water together

Add garlic, ginger, sugar, soy sauce, white vinegar

Then add chicken broth and M.S.G.

and stir until sugar disolves.

Refrigerate until needed

In separate bowl, mix chicken, soy sauce and pepper

Stir in egg

Add cornstarch until chicken is coated evenly.

Add oil to help separate chicken pieces

Divide chicken into small quantities and deep-fry at 350°F until crispy

Drain on a paper towel.

Place a small amount of oil in wok and heat until wok is hot.

Add scallions and peppers and stir-fry briefly

Stir sauce; add to wok

Place chicken in sauce and cook until sauce thickens.

Add either cornstarch or water as needed

Serve with rice.

Serves 6 - 8.

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