# General Tso Chicken

General Tso Chicken is a popular Chinese-American dish made of deep-fried chicken pieces coated in a sweet, spicy, and savory sauce.

- Cuisine: Chinese
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- Chicken Stock
- Corn Starch
- Dark Soy Sauce
- Ketchup
- Vinegar
- Brown Sugar
- Red Chili Flakes
- Chicken
- Oil
- Garlic
- Ginger

## Instructions

1. Pour chicken stock into a measuring cup.
2. Add corn starch to the chicken stock.
3. Whisk the chicken stock and corn starch together until combined.
4. Add dark soy sauce to the mixture.
5. Add Heinz ketchup to the mixture.
6. Add vinegar to the mixture.
7. Add brown sugar to the mixture.
8. Add red chili flakes to the mixture.
9. Whisk all the sauce ingredients together until well combined.
10. Add corn starch to the chicken pieces in a bowl.
11. Rub the corn starch all over the chicken pieces.
12. Pour oil into a skillet on the stove.
13. Drop the chicken pieces into the hot oil for frying.
14. Use tongs to flip and ensure even frying of the chicken pieces until they are hard.
15. Remove the fried chicken from the skillet.
16. Add minced garlic and ginger to the same skillet with some oil.
17. Stir the garlic and ginger in the pan.
18. Pour the prepared sauce into the skillet.
19. Add the fried chicken pieces back into the skillet with the sauce.
20. Toss the chicken in the sauce to coat thoroughly.

## Equipment

- measuring cup
- whisk
- bowl
- skillet
- tongs
- spatula

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQIEd1jD-f0/?igsh=MTMyOXp6MGZ6bnh6bg==
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/167ee532-47c0-42e8-bc02-4b5a33ad44fd
- Extracted: 2025-10-25

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