How To Make General Tso’s Chicken
Serve a flavorful Asian cuisine on your weeknights with this General Tso’s chicken recipe, a favorite takeout Chinese dish with a sweet and sour flavor.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 1 lbchicken thighs cut into 1 inch chunks
- ¼cupcornstarch
- oil
- 1tbspgingerminced
- ½tspred chili flakes
- 2garlic clovesminced
For The Sauce:
- 3tbsprice vinegar
- 3tbspsoy sauce
- 2tsphoisin sauce
- ¼cupwater
- 3tbspsugar
- 1tbspcornstarch
Instructions
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Toss the chicken thighs with the quarter cup of cornstarch and let sit while you mix the sauce ingredients.
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Add the rice vinegar, soy sauce, hoisin sauce, water, sugar, and a tablespoon of cornstarch in a small bowl and whisk together.
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Add the chicken to a pan with the oil and fry until crispy.
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Remove chicken from the pan and drain all but a tablespoon of the oil and add the chili flakes, ginger, and garlic.
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Cook until you smell the garlic for about 30 seconds.
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Add in the chicken and toss, then add in the sauce.
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Stir for about 30 seconds until thickened.
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Serve immediately.
Nutrition
- Calories: 1157.35kcal
- Fat: 82.59g
- Saturated Fat: 21.07g
- Trans Fat: 0.41g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 35.97g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 17.81g
- Carbohydrates: 22.30g
- Fiber: 0.38g
- Sugar: 10.20g
- Protein: 76.17g
- Cholesterol: 444.60mg
- Sodium: 1071.96mg
- Calcium: 41.26mg
- Potassium: 998.18mg
- Iron: 3.39mg
- Vitamin A: 109.01µg
- Vitamin C: 0.73mg
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