General Tso's Chicken - 01

Recipe Ingredients

6		Scallions - cut into
		Moderately small pieces
1		Egg
1 tablespoon	15ml	Cornstarch.
		(arrowroot powder could be
		Substituted - or chickpea
		Flour)
		Oil
16		Dried chiles (small)
1		Garlic - minced
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Grated ginger - (or to taste)
1 lb	454g / 16oz	Chicken - cut into
		Manageable pieces.
		Sauce
4 teaspoons	20ml	Starch
4 teaspoons	20ml	Vinegar
1/4 cup	59ml	Chicken broth
1/4 cup	59ml	Dry sherry
4 teaspoons	20ml	Sugar
6		P soy sauce
1/4 cup	59ml	Water
		(optional: Thai hot chili paste)

Recipe Instructions

mix starch with egg until smooth, and coat all chicken pieces thoroughly. Fry in two inches of oil until LIGHT brown, then drain and place on towels. Set aside.

In a fry pan, heat 1 TBP of oil, then add the whole chiles, and stir-fry until blackened. Then add onions, stir for 1 minute, followed by garlic and ginger. Stir to heat through, but do not brown the last two. Remove from heat and set aside.

Combine sauce ingredients, and set aside. Reheat the oil and return the chicken to fry until brown. Drain and set aside again.

Add sauce to fry pan, then heat over mild flame while stirring, until sauce is thick and bubbly, add chicken, and cook until coated and heated through. Serve over rice.

Credit where credit is due: Original of this came from gatekeeper.dec.com, and was blended with other of the same genre to produce what you see here.

Notes from the Chef: "The recipe is simple enough, but the interesting part is the cornstarch and egg mixture for breading. When twice fried this makes the extra-crisp coating that one generally associates with this dish. (but that works well with others, like sesame chicken as well)"

Source:
Jerry Adams

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