General Tso's Chicken
Recipe
- Title:
- General Tso's Chicken
- Categories:
- Poultry, Oriental
- Yield:
- 4 servings
Ingredients
- 3/4 lb Boneless chicken breast
- 1 tb Chopped fresh orange peel OR
- 2 ts Dark soy sauce
- 2 ts - dried citrus peel
- 2 ts Rice wine or dry sherry
- -(soaked & coarsely chopped)
- 1 ts Finely chopped ginger root
- 1/2 ts Roasted Sichuan peppercorns
- 1 ts Cornstarch
- * (finely ground), optional
- 1 ts Sesame oil
- 2 ts Dark soy sauce
- 1/3 c Oil, preferably peanut
- 1/4 ts Salt
- 2
- Dried red chiles
- 1 ts Sugar
- - cut in half lengthwise
- 1/2 ts Sesame oil
Directions
- CUT CHICKEN INTO THIN SLICES 2 inches long, cutting against the grain.
- Put it into a bowl together with the soy sauce, rice wine or sherry, ginger, cornstarch and 1 teaspoon sesame oil.
- Mix well, and then let the mixture marinate for about 20 minutes.
- Heat the oil in a wok or large skillet until it is very hot.
- Remove the chicken from the marinade with a slotted spoon.
- Add it to the pan and stir-fry it for 2 minutes until it browns.
- Remove it and leave to drain in a colander or sieve.
- Pour off most of the oil, leaving about 2 teaspoons.
- Reheat the pan over a high heat and then add the dried chiles.
- Stir-fry them for 10 seconds, and then return the chicken to the pan.
- Add the rest of the ingredients and stir-fry for 4 minutes, mixing well.
- Serve the dish at once.
Directions
- KEN HOM
Directions
- PRODIGY GUEST CHEFS COOKBOOK
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