General Tso’s Chicken

[TeePee]

This is a dish I’ve found is very popular in Chinese restaurants over here. It’s not actually from China, but it’s certainly Szechuan in style. I prefer to use chicken breast rather than the thigh meat which is commonly used. It’s an easy dish to make, with a bit of preparation, looks very fancy, and tastes delicious.

Ingredients:

2 Chicken Breasts
Corn Flour
1 Egg
Corn/Vegetable oil

For the Sauce:

1 Tablespoon Sesame oil
Chillies (Red chillies are traditional. I use two Serrano chillies, finely sliced, and leave all the seeds in there)
125ml soy sauce
125ml rice vinegar or white wine vinegar
2 teaspoons fresh ginger root
1 large clove of garlic
2 heaped teaspoons corn flour
Water


Method:

Chop the chicken breast into 1 inch cubes. Coat in beaten egg and then toss in the corn flour to evenly coat. Shallow fry on a medium heat until the chicken is cooked through and the coating is golden brown.

While it’s cooking you can prepare the sauce:

In a bowl, mix the vinegar and soy sauce. Add the mashed ginger root and crushed garlic, and stir in the corn flour. This will sink to the bottom if it’s left to stand.

When the chicken is cooked, remove it from the pan and place on some kitchen paper to absorb some of the oil. Pour out all apart from about a teaspoon of oil from the pan, and then add the sesame oil. Add the finely sliced chillies and fry for a couple of minutes, then add your sauce mixture (stirring to mix that corn flour back in!) and enough water to give it a gravy-like consistency. Simmer for 5 minutes and then add the chicken to the sauce, and cook for another 5 minutes.

Serve with rice and broccoli!

[Funkstar]

that sounds good. I've heard if it before, but never knew exactly what it was. I'll have to gice it a god sometime.

[awm]

I love it. The sauce can also be used on other meats.