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General Tso's Chicken - Chin Yen's

Cuisine: Chinese
Type: Chicken, Poultry
Serves: 4 people

Recipe Ingredients

1   Chicken - (2 1/2 - 3 lbs) or
1 1/2   To-2 pounds boneless chicken - cubed in 1/2"
  
1 teaspoon 5mlSalt
2 teaspoons 10mlGranulated sugar - divided
1   White pepper
1   Egg
3/4 cup 46g / 1.6ozCornstarch - (3/4 to 1)
  Vegetable oil for deep-frying - plus
1 tablespoon 15mlVegetable oil - for stir-frying
6 tablespoons 90mlDried red peppers (small)
1 tablespoon 15mlChopped green onion
1 teaspoon 5mlCornstarch dissolved in
1/4 cup 59mlSoy sauce
  Special Sauce 1
1/4 cup 59mlSoy sauce
1/4 cup 59mlWater
1 tablespoon 15mlRice vinegar
4 teaspoons 20mlGranulated sugar
1 teaspoon 5mlGrated fresh ginger
1   Garlic - minced
1 tablespoon 15mlSoy sauce
  Variation: Special Sauce 2
2 tablespoons 30mlChicken broth
1 tablespoon 15mlRice vinegar
1 tablespoon 15mlRegular soy sauce
1 tablespoon 15mlDark soy sauce
1 teaspoon 5mlSesame oil
2 teaspoons 10mlSugar
2 tablespoons 30mlPeanut oil
1   Garlic - chopped
2   Scallions - chopped (replaces
  Green onions in original)
  Zest from rind of 1 orange in 1/2 inch
  Slices - ¥
1/4 teaspoon 1.3mlGround ginger - (replaces fresh ginger
  Above)
1   Crushed red pepper - (replaces dried peppers
  Above)
1 teaspoon 5mlCornstarch dissolved in
1/4 cup 15g / 0.5ozWater - (replaces cornstarch mixture in
  Original recipe)

Recipe Instructions

Bone chicken if needed and cut into 12-inch cubes. In bowl, add chicken, salt, 1 tsp sugar, white pepper and egg. Mix well together. Then add 1/2 c. cornstarch and mix well with your hand. Continue to add cornstarch in small amounts at a time to coat each piece. Coat until pieces no longer stick together. Then deep-fry in hot oil until golden. Remove from oil, cool, and deep-fry a second time. Once the chicken is deep-fried for the second time, have vegetable oil, dried red peppers, green onions, cornstarch mixture, 1 tsp sugar and Special Sauce 1 ready. In a wok place the 1 TB vegetable oil, dried red peppers, green onions. Stir-fry together briefly then add cornstarch mixture, sugar and Special Sauce 1. Add chicken cubes and stir-fry until hot through. Serve on lettuce with rice.

For SPECIAL SAUCE 1: Mix together soy sauce, water, rice vinegar, sugar, ginger, garlic and soy sauce.

If using Special Sauce 2: Deep-fry chicken as above. Heat oil in wok. Stir fry onions, garlic, red pepper, orange zest for about 2 minutes. Add all other ingredients except cornstarch solution. Stir fry for 1 minute. Add cornstarch solution and cook until thickened. Add chicken, lower heat, stir to coat chicken, leave over low heat a minute or two so that chicken takes in flavor of sauce.

Source:
Chin Yen

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