General Tso's Chicken - 2

Recipe Ingredients

1 lb	454g / 16oz	Boneless chicken breasts cut - into 1 in pieces
3 tablespoons	45ml	Soy sauce
3 tablespoons	45ml	Cornstarch
1		Egg white beaten until - frothy
1 cup	237ml	Vegetable oil
3		Hot dried chili peppers - broken in half
2		Garlic finely chopped
1		Ginger root - (1 in), peeled and finely chopped
1 tablespoon	15ml	White wine vinegar
1 tablespoon	15ml	White wine
1 teaspoon	5ml	Cornstarch
1 teaspoon	5ml	Sesame oil
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Salt
1 teaspoon	5ml	Brown sugar

Recipe Instructions

Wow, with over a dozen Chinese or Oriental cookbooks, I had a hard time finding this recipe! It is probably called something else (like spicy fried chicken) and I really do have a dozen recipes. :) This one is from "Elegant Entertaining Cookbook" by Myra Sable of Sable and Rosenfeld, Bantam books.

General Tsao was a real person, general and poet who lived in China 155-220 AD.

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 tbs 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.

Source:
Lauren Roberts

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