Name: Homemade General Tso
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 3
Ingredients: For the chicken; 2-2.5 lbs chicken thighs, large cubes; 1/2 cup corn starch; 1/2 cup peanut oil, or any neutral oil; Thinly sliced ginger ~10 slices, skin removed (optional); 2 green onion stalks, sliced; Sesame seeds to garnish; 1 tbsp avocado or sesame oil; 2-5 dried arbol red chilles; 1/2 cup hoison sauce; 1/4 cup soy sauce; 1/4 cup brown sugar; 4 tsps sesame oil (I used avocado oil); 5 cloves garlic, grated or minced; 2 tbsps rice vinegar; 1 tsp red pepper flakes; 2 tbsps corn starch; 1 cup cold water

Homemade General Tso

Rachaell

Homemade General Tso

Cooking Chinese food at home doesn’t even compare to takeout! It feels so much lighter and it’s a pretty simple process. The beauty of cooking at home is that you can control every factor of a recipe. When it comes to frying, you can put the chicken in a batter for a breaded result, toss it in cornstarch for a crispy, but lighter outcome or you can even sauté it!

Homemade General Tso

Yield: 3-4

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 25 minutes

Ingredients

For the chicken
2-2.5 lbs chicken thighs, large cubes
1/2 cup corn starch
1/2 cup peanut oil, or any neutral oil
Thinly sliced ginger ~10 slices, skin removed (optional)
2 green onion stalks, sliced
Sesame seeds to garnish
1 tbsp avocado or sesame oil
2-5 dried arbol red chilles

Sauce

1/2 cup hoison sauce
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup brown sugar
4 tsps sesame oil (I used avocado oil)
5 cloves garlic, grated or minced
2 tbsps rice vinegar
1 tsp red pepper flakes
2 tbsps corn starch
1 cup cold water

Instructions

Mix together sauce ingredients in a bowl, set aside.
In a separate bowl, toss chicken thighs in corn starch. Preheat oil over medium heat in a medium frying pan (the oil will not be tall enough to submerge the chicken). Test oil by dropping a small pinch of corn starch in to oil, if it bubbles it is hot enough.
Carefully add batch of chicken to oil, separate the pieces. Fry for 6 minutes, flip to fry additional 6 minutes. Transfer to a plate lined with paper towel. Once all chicken is fried, discard oil.
Over medium heat, add 1 tbsp oil to pan along with chiles and ginger. Sauté for 1-2 minutes then mix in sauce. Stir and allow to thicken. Once thick, mix in 1/2 green onions and toss in chicken. Remove from heat. Plate (I got Chinese takeout boxes on Amazon!) garnish with sesame seeds and green onion. Enjoy!