# General Tso's Chicken

This is a recipe for General Tso's Chicken that will make you rethink ever ordering it from takeout again.

- Cuisine: Chinese
- Category: Dinner
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- boneless skinless chicken thighs
- light soy sauce
- oyster sauce
- sesame oil
- chicken powder
- cornstarch
- dark soy sauce
- Shaoxing wine
- honey
- chicken stock
- 0.5 onion
- bell pepper
- garlic
- 1 inch food lube
- coarse black pepper

## Instructions

1. Slice some boneless, skinless chicken thighs into bite-sized pieces.
2. Place the chicken into a bowl.
3. Add light soy sauce, oyster sauce, a little sesame oil, a little bit of chicken powder, and cornstarch to the chicken.
4. Mix the chicken and marinade well.
5. Set the marinated chicken aside.
6. For the sauce, add light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, oyster sauce, a little Shaoxing wine, honey, chicken stock, and a little bit of cornstarch into a bowl.
7. Whisk the sauce ingredients together.
8. Roughly chop half an onion.
9. Roughly chop a bell pepper.
10. Roughly chop some garlic.
11. Fill a hot wok with about an inch of food lube (oil).
12. Carefully drop the chicken pieces into the hot oil.
13. Shallow fry the chicken until it's golden and lightly crispy.
14. Remove the fried chicken from the wok and place it on a wire rack.
15. Remove most of the oil from the wok.
16. Add the chopped vegetables (onions and bell peppers) into the wok.
17. Cook the vegetables on medium-high heat until they are charred and a little bit soft.
18. Pour in the prepared sauce.
19. After about 30 seconds, the sauce should gloss up nicely.
20. Add the fried chicken back into the wok.
21. Grind in a generous amount of coarse black pepper.
22. Toss everything together until well combined.

## Equipment

- bowl
- wok
- slotted spoon
- wire rack
- knife
- cutting board

## Tips

- Pinky up to be extra fancy when whisking the sauce.
- If you cut off the top of the bell pepper, rip off the hair and pull out the guts, then you basically have no waste.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=saved&v=1495801241629892
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/26a1208a-e4ec-467b-a738-64cd4368a0a8
- Extracted: 2025-11-29

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