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Authentic General Tso's Chicken

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Authentic General Tso's Chicken

This quick and tasty Tso's chicken is one of the most popular foods in Chinese restaurant or take-out. But when you realize how simple the dish is, you can just make it at your own kitchen within half an hour.

 

Yield

4 servings

Prep

15 min

Cook

15 min

Ready

30 min
Trans-fat Free

Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
1 ½ pounds chicken
3/4 in cubes
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1 each eggs
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1 cup all-purpose flour
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5 stalks bok choy
sliced crosswise
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3 each hot chili peppers
sliced legnthwise
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1 each sweet red bell peppers
cut in strips
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3 tablespoons soy sauce, tamari
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3 tablespoons cornstarch
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3 tablespoons sugar
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3 tablespoons white vinegar
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3 tablespoons chinese (xiao xiang) wine
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2 tablespoons thai chili paste
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1 tablespoon ginger
freshly grated
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1 tablespoon hoisin sauce
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1 tablespoon black peppercorns
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2 cloves garlic
minced
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1 tablespoon vegetable oil
for stir-frying
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1 x vegetable oil
for deep frying
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½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
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Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
680.4 g chicken
3/4 in cubes
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1 each eggs
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237 ml all-purpose flour
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5 stalks bok choy
sliced crosswise
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3 each hot chili peppers
sliced legnthwise
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1 each sweet red bell peppers
cut in strips
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45 ml soy sauce, tamari
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45 ml cornstarch
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45 ml sugar
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45 ml white vinegar
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45 ml chinese (xiao xiang) wine
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3E+1 ml thai chili paste
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15 ml ginger
freshly grated
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15 ml hoisin sauce
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15 ml black peppercorns
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2 cloves garlic
minced
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15 ml vegetable oil
for stir-frying
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1 x vegetable oil
for deep frying
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2.5 ml cayenne pepper
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Directions

Dip chicken in egg, flour, and fry.

In bowl, mix water, soy, cornstarch, vinegar, hoisin, wine, sugar, chile paste, peppercorns, cayenne.

Heat tablespoon oil in wok and stirfry garlic and ginger.

In a few seconds, add peppers and bok choy.

Fry 1 min, add sauce and meat.

Stir until sauce thickens and coats.

Serve on rice.



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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 312g (11.0 oz)
Amount per Serving
Calories 57827% from fat
 % Daily Value *
Total Fat 17g 27%
Saturated Fat 4g 22%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 198mg 66%
Sodium 907mg 38%
Total Carbohydrate 16g 16%
Dietary Fiber 2g 8%
Sugars g
Protein 111g
Vitamin A 6% Vitamin C 145%
Calcium 6% Iron 26%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet How is this calculated?
 

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