General Tso’s Chicken
Ingredients
For the Batter:
- 1 egg, beaten
- ¼ cup soy sauce
- ¾ cup cornstarch
For the Sauce:
- ¼ cup cornstarch
- 1/8 cup water
- 1 ½ tsp. fresh garlic, minced
- ¼ cup sugar
- ¼ cup soy sauce
- 1/8 cup white vinegar
- 1/8 cup white wine
- 2 cups chicken broth
For the Chicken:
- 2 pounds chicken breasts, cut into cubes
- 1 cup peanut oil
- 2 bunches of green onions
- 5 – 8 dried chilies
- 1 head of broccoli, cut into florets
Instructions
To prepare the sauce:
- Place sauce ingredients in a quart jar with a lid and shake to mix.
- You can make ahead of time and refrigerate until needed, shaking again when you are ready to use.
To prepare the batter:
- Beat the egg in a bowl.
- Once the egg is beaten, mix the soy sauce in well.
- Slowly add the cornstarch into the egg and soy sauce mixture, mixing until it is the consistency of peanut butter.
- Add chicken pieces to the batter and cover them using a fork and allow excess to drip off.
To prepare the chicken:
- Heat the peanut oil in a wok until medium high.
- Add chicken to hot oil and fry until crispy in wok.
- Cook up to 8 pieces at a time.
- Drain chicken on paper towel and keep warm in oven.
- Repeat until all chicken has been fried.
- Drain the oil from the wok.
- Add green onions and hot pepper to the wok and stir fry for 30 seconds.
- Stir sauce mixture in with the onions and pepper in the wok, and cook until thick.
- You will see it begin to bubble and thicken.
- Add chicken and broccoli to sauce and mix together quickly.
- Cook for just 1-2 minutes and serve over rice.
Notes
If you want crispier chicken, and serve the sauce separate, add about 3/4 cup, plus 2 tbsp., of water and 2 dashes of soy sauce to the sauce mixture with the broccoli and serve separately.