General Tsao’s Chicken – Asian Food Recipes

Recipe ingredients and directions:

Yield: 6 servings

1 lb boneless chicken breasts cut into 1 in pieces

3 Tbsp soy sauce

3 Tbsp cornstarch

1 egg white beaten until frothy

1 cup oil

3 hot dried chili peppers, broken in half

2 cloves garlic, finely chopped

1-inch piece ginger root, peeled and finely chopped

1 Tbsp white wine vinegar

1 Tbsp white wine

1 tsp cornstarch

1 tsp sesame oil

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp brown sugar

Heat the oil in a wok. Deep fry the chicken, a few pieces at a

time, about 1 minute or until golden brown. Remove and drain on

paper towels. Pour all but 2 TB of the oil out of the wok.

To the oil in the wok, add the chili peppers, garlic and ginger,

stir-fry 2 minutes.

In a small bowl, combine the remaining soy sauce, vinegar, white

wine and 1 tea cornstarch, mix until smooth. Stir in sugar, sesame

oil and salt. Pour into wok, cook, stirring for 2 minutes until

thickened. Return chicken pieces to wok, mix well and serve.

General Tsao was a real person, general and poet who lived in China

155-220 AD.

Category: Asian Recipes