General Tso's Chicken

Name: General Tso's Chicken
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 600g chicken thigh, cubed; 4 tbsp cornflour; 2 tbsp soy sauce; 1 tbsp rice vinegar; 1 tbsp hoisin sauce; 2 tbsp sugar; 1 tsp ginger, minced; 3 cloves garlic, minced; 5 dried red chillies; vegetable oil for frying; sesame seeds and spring onions to serve

Crispy fried chicken in a sweet-spicy sauce — a Chinese-American restaurant icon. Coating the chicken thoroughly in cornflour before frying builds the crisp shell that holds up under the sticky sauce instead of turning soft the moment it's tossed.

Total time

30 min

Prep

15 min

Cook

15 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

Chinese

Ingredients

600gchicken thigh, cubed

4 tbspcornflour

2 tbspsoy sauce

1 tbsprice vinegar

1 tbsphoisin sauce

2 tbspsugar

1 tspginger, minced

3 clovesgarlic, minced

5dried red chillies

vegetable oilfor frying

sesame seeds and spring onionsto serve

Instructions

Coat chicken in cornflour. Deep-fry at 180°C until golden and crispy. Drain.

Mix soy, vinegar, hoisin and sugar as sauce.

Stir-fry garlic, ginger and chillies in a little oil 30 seconds.

Add sauce, bring to bubble.

Toss in fried chicken. Garnish with sesame and spring onions.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

325

Protein

47.5g

Fat

5.6g

Carbs

17.9g

Fiber

0.4g

Sodium

570mg

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