| CATEGORY |
CUISINE |
TAG |
YIELD |
| Meats, Eggs, Grains |
Chinese |
Szechwan |
1 |
Servings |
INGREDIENTS
| 4 |
|
Chicken legs; skinned & cut into six pieces each |
| 2 |
|
Egg whites |
| 2 |
ts |
Cornstarch |
| 1 |
tb |
Rice vinegar |
| 1 |
tb |
Light soy sauce |
| 1 |
tb |
Rice wine |
| 1 |
ts |
Sugar |
| 1 |
ts |
Cornstarch; mixed with 1 tsp water |
| 1/2 |
c |
Peanut oil |
| 3 |
|
Dried red chili peppers |
| 1 |
|
Scallion; chopped (separate white & green parts) |
| 1 |
sm |
Knob fresh ginger; minced |
| 1 |
|
Garlic clove; minced |
| 2 |
ts |
Sesame oil |
INSTRUCTIONS
Here's a couple of recipes for Gen. Tso's Chicken and a hint on how to get
pro results. Can't vouch for them as I've never made the dish. These are
reposts from other folks. Vigorously blend egg whites and cornstarch; add
chicken pieces and toss to coat. Heat oil in large wok and add chicken
pieces in batches, cooking each until golden, about 3 minutes, then
draining. Pour off all but 1 TB of hot oil from wok. Add peppers and
stir-fry for 15 seconds; add green scallion, minced ginger and garlic and
stir-fry for 15 more seconds. Add mixture of vinegar, soy, wine, and sugar,
stirring until heated through. Add cornstarch and water mixture and stir
until mixture is thickened. Off heat, stir in sesame oil, garnish with
scallion greens, and serve. NOTE FROM ALAN CLAVER: Just made my bi-monthly
batch of General Tso's Chicken. I've been trying for many months to get it
to come out just like in my favorite Chinese restaurant but couldn't. Well,
I recently read about the double frying method of cooking and thought I'd
try it - Yippee! that's what we missing. What you do is deep fry the
chicken pieces once, then put them aside for a bit and reheat the oil.
Then, fry them a second time. This really gives them extra crispiness and
flavor. You couldn't tell this batch from a professional version (umm..
modesty aside 8-)). Posted by Stephen Ceideburg December 18 1990.
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #774 by Francine Boucher
<fboucher@sympatico.ca> on Sep 07, 1997
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