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RECIPE: General Tso’s Chicken

As adapted by the crew of The Search for General Tso
With thanks to our sources of inspiration:
Chef C.K. Peng
Chef T.T. Wang
Restaurateur Ed Schoenfeld
Fuchsia Dunlop, author of Every Grain of Rice
Diana Kuan, of appetiteforchina.com
J. Kenji López-Alt and the Food Lab of seriouseats.com


Ingredients:

1 pound boneless chicken thighs
(Chef Peng leaves the skin on — up to you!)

GMO-free canola oil, for deep-frying
(General Tso didn’t eat GMOs, why should you?)

1 T peanut oil

1 1/4 cups corn starch, plus 1 tsp
(Fuchsia Dunlop uses potato flour, fun if you can find it!)

1 egg
(General Tso likely preferred organic eggs)

2 T soy sauce, divided
(You’ll use 1 T for the marinade, and 1 T for the sauce)

Dozen dried whole red chilies

1 T tomato paste

1 T rice vinegar

1 tsp sesame oil

Dash of sugar or tsp of honey
(Chef Peng would not approve.)

Dash of chili paste or hot sauce
(Spice it up as you see fit.)

1/4 cup Chicken Stock
(Sequel: The Search for General Tso’s Chicken Stock?)

2 cloves of garlic, minced

1 T ginger, minced
Optional:

Orange zest, plus orange slice for garnish
(Only if you live in CA; then you’re making Orange Chicken)

Sesame Seeds
(This more or less turns it into Sesame Chicken.)

No scallions! Or some! Sliced on the bias.
(Chef Peng serves his up sans scallions, but add if you like.)

Broccoli, steamed
(Chef Peng would not approve, but standard in America.)

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