Hunan and USA

General Tso's chicken

Name: General Tso's chicken
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Chinese American
Ingredients: 500 g boneless thigh bite sized chicken, boneless; 1 egg; 1 1/2 tbsp divided soy sauce; 1/2 cup divided cornflour (cornstarch); Cooking oil (vegetable oil), for frying (about 4 tbsp absorbed); 6 to 8 dried red chilli; 3 cloves minced garlic; 1 tbsp minced ginger; 2 1/2 tbsp sugar; 1 1/2 tbsp rice vinegar vinegar; 1 tsp dark soy sauce; 1/3 cup water; 2 stalks sliced spring onion (green onion, scallion); 1 tsp sesame seeds

Crisp, sticky, sweet and a little hot. A Hunan idea that grew up abroad.

40 minTime

41 gProtein each

mediumSpice

A Hunan dish raised abroad2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayCrisp chicken in a sweet, sour, chilli glaze, the restaurant classic.

The original

544kcalsame

41 gproteinsame

1 gfibresame

40minutessame

General Tso's chicken as takeaways serve it.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Chicken, boneless500 g boneless thigh, bite sized

Egg1

Soy sauce1½ tbsp, divided

Cornflour (cornstarch)½ cup, divided

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)for frying (about 4 tbsp absorbed)

Dried red chilli6 to 8

Garlic3 cloves, minced

Ginger1 tbsp, minced

Sugar2½ tbsp

Vinegar1½ tbsp rice vinegar

Dark soy sauce1 tsp

Water⅓ cup

Spring onion (green onion, scallion)2 stalks, sliced

Sesame seeds1 tsp

Method

5 steps

1Coat the chicken with egg, 2 tsp soy and most of the cornflour.
2Fry in batches until golden, rest, then fry again until deep golden. Cook until no pink remains.
3Mix the remaining soy, sugar, vinegar, dark soy, a spoon of cornflour and the water.
4In 1 tbsp oil, fry the chillies, garlic and ginger, then add the sauce and simmer until glossy.
5Toss in the chicken, coat quickly, and finish with spring onion and sesame. Serve at once.

Serve it like this

Pile onto a warm plate with sesame and spring onion over the top, steamed rice and steamed broccoli alongside. Serve straight away while crisp.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Hunan and USA

General Tso's chicken

Crisp, sticky, sweet and a little hot. A Hunan idea that grew up abroad.

40 minTime

41 gProtein each

mediumSpice

A Hunan dish raised abroad2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayCrisp chicken in a sweet, sour, chilli glaze, the restaurant classic.

The original

544kcalsame

41 gproteinsame

1 gfibresame

40minutessame

General Tso's chicken as takeaways serve it.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Chicken, boneless500 g boneless thigh, bite sized

Egg1

Soy sauce1½ tbsp, divided

Cornflour (cornstarch)½ cup, divided

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)for frying (about 4 tbsp absorbed)

Dried red chilli6 to 8

Garlic3 cloves, minced

Ginger1 tbsp, minced

Sugar2½ tbsp

Vinegar1½ tbsp rice vinegar

Dark soy sauce1 tsp

Water⅓ cup

Spring onion (green onion, scallion)2 stalks, sliced

Sesame seeds1 tsp

Method

5 steps

1Coat the chicken with egg, 2 tsp soy and most of the cornflour.
2Fry in batches until golden, rest, then fry again until deep golden. Cook until no pink remains.
3Mix the remaining soy, sugar, vinegar, dark soy, a spoon of cornflour and the water.
4In 1 tbsp oil, fry the chillies, garlic and ginger, then add the sauce and simmer until glossy.
5Toss in the chicken, coat quickly, and finish with spring onion and sesame. Serve at once.

Serve it like this

Pile onto a warm plate with sesame and spring onion over the top, steamed rice and steamed broccoli alongside. Serve straight away while crisp.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

General Tso's chicken

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

General Tso's chicken

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

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