General Tso's Chicken
Ingredients
For the chicken:
- 1.5 lbs chicken breast cut into 1-1/2″ chunks
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 1/4 cup low-sodium soy sauce
- 1 egg
- oil for frying
For the sauce:
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
- 1/4 cup water
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 1/2 tsp grated ginger
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 1/4 cup rice vinegar
- 1 cup hot water
- 3-5 Tbs oil--for frying chicken
Some Veggies
- 4-6 scallions chopped
- 10-15 dried thai or cayenne peppers--I left these out for the kids
- 1 red bell pepper sliced
- 1 bag stir fry veggies or whatever sounds good or is on hand
Instructions
For the sauce:
- Mix together cornstarch and 1/4 cup of water.
- Add garlic, ginger, sugar, 1/4 cup soy sauce, rice vinegar and the hot water.
- Stir until the sugar dissolves.
- Refrigerate until needed.
For the Chicken
- In a separate bowl, mix together the cornstarch and pepper.
- Add the egg and the soy sauce to the cornstarch.
- Mix well.
- Add in chicken pieces and stir to coat.
- In a wok or large skillet, heat oil on medium high and fry chicken in batches for 5-7 minutes until chicken is cooked through.
- Set chicken aside and cover to keep warm
- Pour off excess oil, keeping about 1 Tbs of oil
- Add in scallions and sauté for a couple of minutes.
- Add in the peppers and other veggies and cook a couple more minutes.
- Add in sauce and hot peppers, if using, and cook for 5-10 minutes until sauce begins to thicken.
- Add in chicken and cook until sauce thickens and coats the chicken.
- Serve over steamed rice.