Joe's General Tso Chicken
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 17
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
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For the Chicken
- 1 - 1 1⁄2 lb boneless skinless chicken thighs
- 1⁄4 cup soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 1 large egg
- 1 cup cornstarch
- 1⁄2 cup peanut oil, as needed
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For the Sauce
- 1⁄4 cup soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 1 tablespoon ground ginger
- 1⁄4 cup hoisin sauce
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1 tablespoon cooking sherry or 1 tablespoon red wine
- 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
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The rest
- 3 -4 cups peanut oil (for deep frying)
- 8 dried hot red chili peppers
- 1⁄4 cup green onion, sliced
- 1 tablespoon peanut oil
directions
- Mix all sauce ingredients together in a medium bowl, stir and refrigerate until needed.
- Cut chicken into 1-inch cubed pieces.
- Place in large bowl and add 1/4 cup soy sauce and pepper.
- Stir in egg.
- Gradually add cornstarch until well coated. Will be very sticky.
- Add up to a 1/2 cup oil as needed to separate chicken. Will still be sticky, but easier to manage.
- Fry chicken in small batches at 350 degrees until crispy. About 4 minutes per batch.
- Drain on paper towels.
- In a wok (or in a pinch use large spaghetti pot) heat 1 tablespoon of oil over medium to medium high heat.
- Add chili peppers and onions Stir fry for 30 seconds.
- Add sauce mixture to wok stirring until sauce thickens to a nice glaze.
- Remove from heat.
- Add chicken stirring until well coated.
- Serve with steamed broccoli and rice.
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Reviews
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This recipe was great! It took more then 30 minutes though. We don't have a deep fryer so we used a skillet instead.<br/><br/>Also, we didn't have hoisin sauce, so we substituted Mandarin Orange Sauce, added sesame seeds at end and it turned into General Gao's Chicken, though less sweet then the restaurants and better ingredients. I would also use lots of fresh ginger and more garlic, but that's just me.
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