General Tso's Chicken

[KaOTiK]

GTC is my fav chinese dish. I have my own that I make that comes out good, but I'm always willing to try other recipes looking for a better. I'll be giving this one a shot sometime in the next couple of weeks, thanks OP.

 

[Vdubchaos]

I didn't forget it. I intentionally left it out. I did say my recipe was healthier than the original, didn't I?

Ah fuck it. If you guys want to each shitty fried cat . . . er chicken. Fine with me. I've never had take out Chinese that I have thought was even remotely close to being good. Granted, I live in the great white northeast, so that may have something to do with it.

Good chinese places are hard to find, but they do exist. We have one in CT, but I haven't been able to find a decent one outside of that.

Their chicken is all white meat, there is no fat in it.

But yes, they are VERY hard to find.

Also eating fried food is not unhealthy as long as you don't do it every day. It's all about moderation.

 

[monkeydelmagico]

your opinion is invalid, you think serena williams is attractive

I'm drooling and frightened at the same time.....

 

[sdifox]

Good chinese places are hard to find, but they do exist. We have one in CT, but I haven't been able to find a decent one outside of that.

Their chicken is all white meat, there is no fat in it.

But yes, they are VERY hard to find.

Also eating fried food is not unhealthy as long as you don't do it every day. It's all about moderation.

Right there it is fail.

 

[Vdubchaos]

Right there it is fail.

Please do tell

 

[sdifox]

Please do tell

Chicken breast is not used for this purpose. Most Chinese people prefer dark meat

 

[JM Aggie08]

Only on ATOT would someone say home made TSO's always better than proceed to type their recipe where the chicken isn't even FRIED. If I went to a Chinese place and ordered TSO and got baked chicken I might drive my car thru the front door and run the cook over. Let someone open a spot where they don't fry the chicken for this dish, I bet it will stay in business about 3 days before having to shut down due to lack of customers.

"healthy" TSO?? jebus I've heard it all now.

Made me laugh out loud. A justifiable reaction if I've ever heard of one.

 

[Howard]

Why buy GTC when you can make your own and have it taste a lot better?

Simple recipe:

Meat (chicken or sliced steak)
Veggies (broccoli, red/green peppers, onion, chives, snow peas)
House of Tsang General Tso's sauce
2 tablespoons water
Cornstarch (optional)

Cook meat in pan on high heat to ~80% done in small amount of light olive oil

Add veggies

Add sauce

Add water

Cover and reduce heat to medium low, cook for ~8-10 minutes.

Enjoy.

Serve with rice or some other side.

the hell is this

 

[sze5003]

We have a place by my job called ping pong, makes some damn good gtc and spicy chicken with garlic sauce. I wouldn't try to make my own, it just would not taste the same, I'm sure I would screw it up.

But that recipe looks interesting at least. And if I'm not mistaken all Chinese food you order, you get a wait time of 10 minutes.

 

[Phanuel]

Chicken breast is not used for this purpose. Most Chinese people prefer dark meat

Correct.

White meat is typically considered the lower quality and less desirable meat in China.

 

[Geekbabe]

I had to read this thread NOW? I love the General and can't order now, it's too late!

 

[Moonbeam]

The recipe I quoted takes 15 minutes, about $12-15 in ingredients, feeds a family of four twice, and tastes a lot better than the crap most "Chinese" places sell.

U gotta batter the meat and deep fry it, Jesus.

 

[Moonbeam]

I'm all for making my own meals. Hell, I cook 6/7 days of the week.

BUT...one doesn't simply recreate delicious Chinese takeout.

Not if you like your Wok He.

 

[Phoenix86]

the hell is this

You can't stop there dammit.

<------ignorant

 

[15fgdean64]

Love the stuff.

 

[brainhulk]

Is GTC a midwest thing? Ive never seen this at a chinese restaurant in socal

 

[QueBert]

For christ sake I didn't say mine was ALWAYs better. I just said that it was better. But this is ATOT, where all opinions are invalid and must be qualified with >3 letter accronyms.

Oh wait! That is another opinion. YRMV (your results may vary), DTAIS (don't trust anything I say), YMHIBIDGAF (you may hate it but I don't give a f*&k)

TSO's has FRIED CHICKEN, that's how it's made. Every recipe I've seen you fry the chicken, that's how it's made. Your dish might be delicious, but it's not General Tso's Chicken. Therefor it cannot be good General Tso's Chicken, even if it is good.

 

[rsutoratosu]

Im Asian and I love General Tso.. most Chinese place deep fry the chicken its unedible.. theres a place that makes it with whole white meat and lightly battered.. so good.. I usually eat a double

 

[JM Aggie08]

For christ sake I didn't say mine was ALWAYs better. I just said that it was better. But this is ATOT, where all opinions are invalid and must be qualified with >3 letter accronyms.

Oh wait! That is another opinion. YRMV (your results may vary), DTAIS (don't trust anything I say), YMHIBIDGAF (you may hate it but I don't give a f*&k)

Fuck your sad recipe.

 

[Linflas]

Why should you? Authenticity isn't a requirement for something to be good. American cuisine, by and large, is built on borrowing, fusing, adapting, and localizing the "authentic" cooking of other cultures.

Sometimes it results in General Tso's Chicken at some hole in the wall, other times its hot and cold foie gras from the Inn at Little Washington. The only authenticity they have is as American food - a phrase that really hasn't been a pejorative in about 20 years.

My folks are quite literally off the boat from Italy. They won't eat or flat out dislike anything that's not authentic to their little region. Drives me insane.

Have to admit I never thought I would see The Inn at Little Washington brought up on ATOT.

 

[Sho'Nuff]

Fine, for you "purists" out there, I'll edit my recipe to say that it is "General Tso's Stir Fry."

The dish is defined by the sauce anyway. Or is someone here going to argue that the deep fried chicken in General Tsos is some how different than that which is used in other american chinese dishes, e.g., sesame chicken?

 

[JM Aggie08]

Fine, for you "purists" out there, I'll edit my recipe to say that it is "General Tso's Stir Fry."

The dish is defined by the sauce anyway. Or is someone here going to argue that the deep fried chicken in General Tsos is some how different than that which is used in other american chinese dishes, e.g., sesame chicken?

You shut your filthy mouth! You've lost any and all right to even mention General Tso!

 

[Sho'Nuff]

You forgot the frying of chicken part. GTC has friend chicken

The recipe you quoted was for the sauce only.

 

[Sho'Nuff]

DP

 

[Sho'Nuff]

You shut your filthy mouth! You've lost any and all right to even mention General Tso!

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