I love General Tso’s chicken. More times than not, this is what I will order at Chinese restaurants. It has a little more of a kick than sweet and sour chicken and I like the flavor better. I came up with this recipe the other day when I didn’t have a lot of time in the late-afternoon to prepare dinner.. so I made this during my kids’ naptime.
Ingredients
- 2 Lb. chicken breasts (cut into 1" pieces)
- 1 c. flour
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1/2 tsp. pepper
- 2 Tbsp. vegetable oil
- 1/2 c. sugar
- 1/2 c. "lite" soy sauce
- 1/2 c. unsweetened pineapple juice
- 1/2 c. white distilled vinegar
- 3 cloves garlic, crushed
- 2 tsp. fresh ginger, finely grated
- 1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper
- 1/4 c. cornstarch, mixed with 1/4 c. water
- 4 green onions, sliced
Instructions
- Combine flour, salt, and pepper in resealable food storage bag. Add chicken. Shake to coat with flour mixture.
- Heat oil in skillet over medium-high heat. Brown chicken about 2 minutes on each side (it doesn't need to be cooked all the way through at this point). Set aside.
- In the Crock Pot, whisk sugar, soy sauce, pineapple juice, vinegar, garlic, ginger, and cayenne until well combined.
- Add chicken to crock pot and cook on low for 3-4 hours. If you would like your sauce thicker add water/cornstarch mixture about 30 minutes before serving. Stir it in SLOWLY, folding it into the chicken. You won't want your breading to be scraped off of your chicken pieces so be gentle!
- Garnish with green onion and serve.
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This is totally calling to me – and I love that it’s made in the slow cooker!
Just made this today… it’s till cooking, but I tasted the ‘broth’ and WOW. This is going to be soooo good! I’m going to pair it with some quinoa and steamed string beans!
thanks, oh I shared your recipe/website on my facebook page.
oh and I’m shocked at how QUICK it all came together!!
We made this for sunday dinner and everyone loved it! It was delicious! Thanks for the recipe!
Delicious! Just made this for dinner. Will definitely make it again! Served it with white rice, steamed broccoli and fresh pineapple slices.
Made this yesterday and everybody loved it! Thanks so much for sharing the recipe!
I made this last night, and it was AMAZING! I actually halfed it, thinking the full recipe would be too much, but I so regret doing that now because of how good it was.
I will definitely be making this again!