Jared and I love this General Tso’s Chicken recipe! This is actually the first meal Jared ever made me. He made it for me back when we were dating (how lucky am I to have a guy that can actually cook?) With a recipe as good and easy as this, you won’t ever have to (or want to) order-out for Chinese food again!
Ingredients
- 1 Lb. chicken breasts (cut into 1" pieces)
- 2 Tbsp. vegetable oil
- 1/4 c. sugar
- 1/4 c. "lite" soy sauce
- 1/4 c. unsweetened pineapple juice
- 1/4 c. white distilled vinegar
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1 tsp. fresh ginger, finely grated
- 1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper
- 1 Tbsp. cornstarch, mixed with 3 Tbsp. water
- 4 green onions, sliced
Instructions
- Dredge chicken in flour and fry in oil over medium heat (in a wok or a skillet) until golden brown and crispy. Drain excess oil. Sprinkle cayenne over the chicken and keep warm on low heat. Meanwhile, in a saucepan, combine sauce ingredients (sugar, soy sauce, pineapple juice, vinegar, garlic, and ginger) and heat gently. When sauce is smooth and sugar has dissolved, SLOWLY add cornstarch mixture and stir constantly until sauce has thickened to desired thickness. Pour sauce in the wok and stir to coat chicken. Stir in green onion and hot red pepper flakes (optional). Remove from heat and serve with fried rice.
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What a glorious dish. It exceeds all expectations! Can you come up with a fortune cookie recipe? I have tried, but I burn the fortune papers in the oven.
You take the cookies out of the oven then put the fortune in and fold the cookie. Allow them to cool and they will hold their shape. You do not put them back in the oven with the papers.
I just made this for my family tonight and it was a huge hit. So delicious! It is definitely going into my regular rotation!
Dang, I want to make this RIGHT NOW, it looks so good, but I don't have all the ingredients!!
I need to go get some pineapple juice and ginger PRONTO so I can eat this soon!
Anonymous,
Here is a great fortune cookie recipe.Enjoy!
http://www.ourbestbites.com/2010/02/fortune-cookies.html
I've got chow mein down but I would love to know how to make this favorite. Thanks for sharing. I'm going to try it this week.
I only have Ginger powder on hand. Can you just use the same amount as the fresh? Or is it a bad idea to substitute in this dish?
@Kathy- You can still use ginger powder, just use like 1/3 of what the recipe calls for for fresh. You definitely want some kind of ginger flavor in it!
This is the best generals chicken I make it all the time for my family. My husband does not even like chinese food and he loves this and the mongolian beef. I have to say I love this website every recipe we have tried from here we love. I use ground ginger in mine because I did not have fresh ginger you just don’t use as much. Great Great Great!!!! Thank you for sharing your recipes.
I made this for my husband and he LOVED it! He now requests it on a regular basis. Thanks for the great recipe!
I didn’t have pineapple…but had all ready started! So, I substituted peaches in juice. Family nearly licked the bowl clean….for those of you (like me) who start before checking the pantry! Great recipe!
I made this for dinner the other night and it turned out really fantastic – i’m wondering though if you have ever tried to freeze the sauce and if so how did it turn out when reheated?
I haven’t but I’m sure it would be fine!
Is this dish spicy? Was wondering if the cayenne pepper will be too spicy for my kids (all 5 and under).
It is a spicy dish, but feel free to reduce or even leave out the cayenne, it will still be good!
I want to try this but in my small town u couldn’t find lite soy sauce only the kikkoman naturally brewed soy sauce. Will it work!?
That should work fine, you can use regular soy sauce.