General Tsao’S Chicken

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Servings: 6 Difficulty: Advanced
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General Tsao’S Chicken

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Difficulty: Advanced
Servings: 6 Calories: 187.3

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This Chinese main features Boneless chicken breasts cut 2 Cloves garlic finely chopped. It delivers hearty, protein-packed satisfaction, aromatic, well-seasoned taste. 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

  1. into 1 in pieces 1 Piece ginger root (1 in) 3 tb Soy suace -peeled and finely chopped 3 tb Cornstarch 1 tb White wine vinegar 1 Egg white beaten until 1 tb White wine -frothy 1 ts Cornstarch 1 c Veg.
  2. oil 1 ts Sesame oil 3 Hot dried chili peppers, 1/2 ts Salt -broken in half 1 ts Brown sugar Wow, with over a dozen Chinese or Oriental cookbooks, I had a hard time finding this recipe!
  3. It is probably called something else (like spicy fried chicken) and I really do have a dozen recipes.
  4. :) This one is from _Elegant_ Entertaining_Cookbook_ by Myra Sable of Sable and Rosenfeld, Bantam books.
  5. General Tsao was a real person, general and poet who lived in China 155-220 AD.
  6. rn e in the frig for 1 hour.
  7. Heat the oil in a wok.
  8. Deep fry the chicken, a few pieces at a time, about 1 minute or until golden brown.
  9. Remove and drain on paper towels.
  10. Pour all but 2 TB of the oil out of the wok.
  11. To the oil in the wok, add the chili peppers, garlic and ginger, stir-fry 2 minutes.
  12. In a small bowl,
  13. combine the remaining soy sauce, vinegar, white wine and 1 tea cornstarch,
  14. mix until smooth.
  15. Stir in sugar, sesame oil and salt.
  16. Pour into wok, cook, stirring for 2 minutes until thickened.
  17. 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.

Keywords: boneless, breasts, chicken, chinese, chopped, cloves, cut, finely, frying, garlic, general, main, stir frying, title, tsaos
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