Crispy fried chicken in a sweet, spicy, garlicky sauce with dried chiles. The sauce coats the chicken without making it soggy — the technique is to toss just before serving. Takeout will never recover.

General Tso's Chicken

Stephanie Sharpe

@steph

3 months ago

Crispy fried chicken in a sweet, spicy, garlicky sauce with dried chiles. The sauce coats the chicken without making it soggy — the technique is to toss just before serving. Takeout will never recover.

Recipe

Ingredients

·2 lbs chicken thighs cut into pieces

·Fry batter: egg, soy, cornstarch, flour

·Sauce: hoisin, soy, rice vinegar, sugar, sesame oil, cornstarch

·Dried red chiles, garlic, ginger

·Scallions and sesame seeds

Instructions

1.Marinate chicken in egg and soy. Coat in cornstarch-flour mixture.

2.Fry at 375°F until golden and crispy.

3.Make sauce: combine all sauce ingredients.

4.Fry dried chiles and ginger in a wok briefly.

5.Add sauce and bring to a boil until glossy.

6.Add crispy chicken and toss to coat. Serve immediately.

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