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This Chinese main features Boneless chicken breasts cut. It delivers hearty, protein-packed satisfaction. Great for weeknight dinners or when you want something satisfying for the whole family. Simple to make with ingredients you likely already have on hand, this is a recipe you will come back to again and again.
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Chinese: General Tsao’S Chicken 1
Description
This Chinese main features Boneless chicken breasts cut. It delivers hearty, protein-packed satisfaction. Great for weeknight dinners or when you want something satisfying for the whole family. Simple to make with ingredients you likely already have on hand, this is a recipe you will come back to again and again.Ingredients
Directions
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into 1 in pieces 3 tb Soy suace 3 tb Cornstarch 1 Egg white beaten until -frothy 1 c Veg.
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oil 3 Hot dried chili peppers, -broken in half 2 Cloves garlic finely chopped 1 Piece ginger root (1 in) -peeled and finely chopped 1 tb White wine vinegar 1 tb White wine 1 ts Cornstarch 1 ts Sesame oil 1/2 ts Salt 1 ts Brown sugar Wow, with over a dozen Chinese or Oriental cookbooks, I had a hard time finding this recipe!
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It is probably called something else (like spicy fried chicken) and I really do have a dozen recipes.
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:) This one is from _Elegant_ Entertaining_Cookbook_ by Myra Sable of Sable and Rosenfeld, Bantam books.
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General Tsao was a real person, general and poet who lived in China 155-220 AD.
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rn e in the frig for 1 hour.
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Heat the oil in a wok.
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Deep fry the chicken, a few pieces at a time, about 1 minute or until golden brown.
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Remove and drain on paper towels.
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Pour all but 2 TB of the oil out of the wok.
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To the oil in the wok, add the chili peppers, garlic and ginger, stir-fry 2 minutes.
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In a small bowl,
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combine the remaining soy sauce, vinegar, white wine and 1 tea cornstarch,
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mix until smooth.
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Stir in sugar, sesame oil and salt.
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Pour into wok, cook, stirring for 2 minutes until thickened.
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Return chicken pieces to wok, mix well and serve
Nutrition Facts
Servings 6
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories 187.3kcal
- % Daily Value *
- Total Fat 4.1g7%
- Saturated Fat 1.1g6%
- Cholesterol 96.5mg33%
- Sodium 84.0mg4%
- Total Carbohydrate 0.0g0%
- Dietary Fiber 0.0g0%
- Sugars 0.0g
- Protein 35.2g71%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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