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General Tsos Chicken Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Coffeebean53 / All my dishes 2 years, 5 months ago This is a wonderful chinese dish. If you're not of the faint of heart, heat it up and then add more garlic if you're a garlic lover. Prep:20m Cook:25m Servings:4	Coffeebean5
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Ingredients

THE SAUCE

1 tsp. sesame oil

4 tsp. Cornstarch

4 tsp. Sugar

4 tsp. Rice vinegar

6 tbs. Soy sauce

1/2 tsp. chicken bouillon granules

1/2 c Water

1/4 c White cooking wine

THE REST OF THE INGREDIENTS

oil for deep frying

1 lb. chicken breasts, cubed

1 egg

1 T. cornstarch

a handful of dried chili peppers (japones or arbol)

1 tbs. fresh minced ginger

1 heaping spoonful of minced garlic (or, roughly 3 large cloves)

4 green onions, sliced diagonally in 1 inch pieces

3 cloud ear mushrooms, soaked and sliced into strips

1/2 cup of baby corn

1/2 cup snow peas

1 red bell pepper, diced

Directions

First, make the sauce. This can be done hours, even days, in advance. Cover and refrigerate. Note, if you plan on keeping the sauce overnight, add the cornstarch right before you use it.

Heat the wok or large pan with oil. Mix chicken, cornstarch, and egg. Deep fry a few pieces at a time until golden brown. Remove and set aside, putting chicken over a paper towel to drain excess oil.

Leave a little oil in the wok and toast the chili peppers until they turn dark red. This is merely to get a little flavor going in the oil. If you so desire, remove them at this point, or leave them in if you like more heat.

Next, add the green onions and bell pepper and saute for a minute or so. Add the garlic and the ginger and stir until fragrant. Throw the chicken back in, along with remaining ingredients.

Now add the sauce. Heat and stir until bubbly, well thickened, and fully heated through. Serve over rice.

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linebb956 2 years, 5 months ago said:
I love this stuff... do you deliver?
Those peppers, they are the long kind of dark red things that BURNS MY TONGUE? I found out how hot they were the hard way.
GOOD POST!

coffeebean53 2 years, 5 months ago said:
Yup those are the ones to use the small red ones. Hmm delivery service I hadn't thought of that, my daughter is a flight attendant and I have free flight benefits. LOL

linebb956 2 years, 4 months ago said:
Wow, I made this and it was better than the reaturants! Great post...

xmrshughesx 2 years ago said:
Wow! I can't wait to try this!

crs101271 1 year, 10 months ago said:
This is my most favorite Chinese dish ever. I'm definately going to have to try this one. Thanks for the post!

leslierose_64 1 year, 10 months ago said:
Looks so delicious. yummy! love chicken and anything spicy so this will definitely work for me. i'll try this very soon!

thanks for sharing!
=)

kittie 1 year, 10 months ago said:
Yum - I've been looking for a good recipe for this for ages!
Will let you know how I get on :)

luvthewho 1 year, 10 months ago said:
Can't wait to try this, looks great.

tooheymomster 1 year, 9 months ago said:
That picture alone looks soooo tasty!

betty_boop 1 year, 9 months ago said:
Great post...!! I've been looking for a recipe. I going to get the stuff and make this..thanks....

foodfight 1 year, 9 months ago said:
Tried it. Loved it! Great post. Very tender and tasty. I left out the last 4 ingredients just to keep the flavors honest. I give this dish a 9+.

dakotasmommy 1 year, 8 months ago said:
Can't wait to make this at home, I love to order this... thanks!

redjoker101 1 year, 8 months ago said:
Oh man, this is the best Chinese food EVER!!! you have no idea how excited i am about this! THANK YOU!!!

ddougee 1 year, 8 months ago said:
My favorite Chinese dish!!!!!!!!!!!! I love this stuff!! Thanks for sharing your recipe! It looks fantastic!

cathyp 1 year, 8 months ago said:
This is my absolute favorite when I eat chinese. Can't wait to try.

Thanks!!!!

fireraven 1 year, 8 months ago said:
I love this stuff so I made it for supper tonight. It was really saltly and I used a low sodium soy sauce. Something just didn't taste right to me.... sorry

ruskingirl 1 year, 8 months ago said:
Yummmy!! I love GT.

cholena 1 year, 7 months ago said:
Always loved chinese dishes .

hollymayb 1 year, 7 months ago said:
My husband's from the east coast and this is his favourite, but you can't find it out here on the west coast. I'll make it this weekend! Thanks!

redkitchen 1 year, 7 months ago said:
Did someone up there say you deliver??? I'll take one! Thanks for the post, this sounds great. I havn't found that 'perfect' Tsos recipe and this soounds like it may be close...

eeks 1 year, 7 months ago said:
Thanks coffeebean...this looks very authentic...thanks...I always wondered how they made my favorite chinese dish...this and EggFoo Young are my favorites...thanks ma'am

essence_magazine 9 months, 2 weeks ago said:
Oh txs alot !! I always go and buy this at a local chinese restaurant but now I can save some money and make it home !! txs

trigger 9 months, 2 weeks ago said:
All my friends loved this recipe.
Five forks and a big smile:)

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Alterations

chezglenn 2 years ago said:
I always new this one with oven roasted peanuts as well

calebrown 1 year, 8 months ago said:
For those of you (like myself) who enjoy a sweeter General Tsos sauce, I added brown sugar and honey to taste. I would say roughly 2 - 3 table spoons of each.

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