General Tso Chicken

⏱ 24 mins 🍽 8 serving(s) 🏷 Hunan

This recipe guides you through creating a popular Hunan dish, General Tso Chicken. The process involves making a rich, sweet and spicy sauce from chili paste, garlic, and other seasonings. Chicken pieces are then cooked in a fragrant chili oil before being simmered in the prepared sauce until perfectly tender. It yields enough for eight servings and can be prepared in under half an hour.

General Tso Chicken

Ingredients

  • 2 lbs chicken
  • 1/4 cup hot Chinese chili paste
  • 1/4 cup Thai sweet chili sauce
  • 1/4 cup crushed red pepper flakes
  • 1/4 cup sherry wine or 1/4 cup rice wine
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 2 chili peppers, pods
  • 2 lbs chicken
  • 1/4 cup peanut oil

Method

  1. Mix the chili paste, crushed red pepper, garlic, Thai chili sauce, soy sauce, sherry, and sugar together in a pan, then cook until it reduces to a thickened sauce.
  2. Fry the chili pods in the peanut oil, then add the chicken to the pan and cook it in the flavoured oil.
  3. Pour the prepared sauce over the chicken in the pan and let it simmer until the chicken is fully cooked, then serve immediately.

Nutrition (per serving)

Sodium404700 mg

Recipe details

CategoryHunan
Authortoadman2