General Tso's Chicken - Chin Yen's

Recipe Ingredients

1		Chicken - (2 1/2 - 3 lbs) or
1 1/2		To-2 pounds boneless chicken - cubed in 1/2"
1 teaspoon	5ml	Salt
2 teaspoons	10ml	Granulated sugar - divided
1		White pepper
1		Egg
3/4 cup	46g / 1.6oz	Cornstarch - (3/4 to 1)
		Vegetable oil for deep-frying - plus
1 tablespoon	15ml	Vegetable oil - for stir-frying
6 tablespoons	90ml	Dried red peppers (small)
1 tablespoon	15ml	Chopped green onion
1 teaspoon	5ml	Cornstarch dissolved in
1/4 cup	59ml	Soy sauce
		Special Sauce 1
1/4 cup	59ml	Soy sauce
1/4 cup	59ml	Water
1 tablespoon	15ml	Rice vinegar
4 teaspoons	20ml	Granulated sugar
1 teaspoon	5ml	Grated fresh ginger
1		Garlic - minced
1 tablespoon	15ml	Soy sauce
		Variation: Special Sauce 2
2 tablespoons	30ml	Chicken broth
1 tablespoon	15ml	Rice vinegar
1 tablespoon	15ml	Regular soy sauce
1 tablespoon	15ml	Dark soy sauce
1 teaspoon	5ml	Sesame oil
2 teaspoons	10ml	Sugar
2 tablespoons	30ml	Peanut 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	1.3ml	Ground ginger - (replaces fresh ginger
		Above)
1		Crushed red pepper - (replaces dried peppers
		Above)
1 teaspoon	5ml	Cornstarch dissolved in
1/4 cup	15g / 0.5oz	Water - (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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