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General Tso's chicken

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**pronunciation key**
Tso=Zow

And the next best thing to General Tsos is Orange chicken. At the place at 12 oaks mall by my house, they say very quickly "soup or pop", which sounds like "super pop". We used to have a good time and say "nope...just a regular size" or something like that. We'd go on for minutes before they got frustrated.

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Actually, "Real" Chinese food doesn't exist in America 🙂

except in chinese homes 🙂

Also fried rice isn't that popular in Asia. 😀 (but i like it!)

yea that's cuz that's where you put all the left overs 😛 i like it too anyways though.
 
LOL,I fought the urge for like 2 hours but just broke down and ordered some chinese food,lol, oh well it's been awhile since I indulged, General Tso ,extra spicy will be arriving here shortly 🙂
 
Go to Asia for some real Chinese food...

Although in Vancouver, BC has some real nice authentic Asian food, probably due to its massive Asian community.
 
Originally posted by: gopunk
Actually, "Real" Chinese food doesn't exist in America 🙂

except in chinese homes 🙂

Also fried rice isn't that popular in Asia. 😀 (but i like it!)

yea that's cuz that's where you put all the left overs 😛 i like it too anyways though.
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I have to agree. General Tso's chicken is never found in most part of Asia. I never heard of it until I came here. 😀
 
I also love this stuff. Theres a small chinese place in my town that makes it, but they call it governors chicken...very tasty.
 
BTW who the heck is General Tso anyway, and why do they have to call it his damn chicken?!

Im not very crazy about it. Too many complicated textures. Prefer simpler dishes like beef peppersteak or beef schezuan.
 
Most chinese restaurants i've seen, usually ones that claim "New York style", are usually all wussy with the soy sauce, and instead of getting a dark, rich smelling fried rice, you get plain old "fried" rice that has a similar color with paella, which isn't that good.
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ah, impressive observation there about dark and fragrant smelling (should come from good soy sauce - soy sauce is brewed, not like those dark water packets that takeouts give and people actually use eek) vs. 'paella fried rice'.

Although i've never heard of places marketing their fried rice as 'New York Style" as Pizza shops do with respect to pizza, interesting.

But I guess that's what NY style fried rice is these days? It's that arroz amarillo (yellow rice -bright yellow that is) that you find in sooo many takeouts these days. Back in the 80's it wasn't like that. Fried rice in any ol' takeout would be white rice with dark soy, which made it like you describe. But this style, which i think is more authentic Cantonese style, gradually disappeared in NYC by the late 80's.

In NYC restaurtants (not takeouts) any fried rice dish doesn't come out yellow rice colored, thankfully.
And you are saying restaurants that you come across, that are not in NYC, make it NY style and it is paella yellow huh.

Heh heh, from what i understand the oldtimers blame the change on the Fujianese takeout cooks that gradually took over so many takeout businesses all over the neighborhoods.
 
How about General Tso's Cat? That's good stuff too 🙂
Or General Tso's Daughter 😀
Next time I go to Panda Express, I will try ordering General Tso's Panda 🙂 see how they react.
 
I love Genearl Tso's chicken, however I will only eat it at genuine Chinese restaurants, and not the cheap take-out places, they just botch the job, We have a place in town called Chou's dynasty that makes the best General Tso's chicken I have ever had.
 
Is this the same thing that is called General Tao's Chicken in Canada ?

And what kind of damn army are these Chinese running if their generals spend all their time in the kitchen inventing ways to serve chicken?
 
Originally posted by: ultravox
Is this the same thing that is called General Tao's Chicken in Canada ?

And what kind of damn army are these Chinese running if their generals spend all their time in the kitchen inventing ways to serve chicken?
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I dunno, but orange you glad they know how to cook ? 😀
 
General Zou Zong-Tang was a general of the Qing (Manchu) Dynasty of China, responsible for supressing Muslim uprisings. His name was used to frighten Muslim children for centuries after his death. It is questionable whether or not the General (or his quartermaster) actually invented General Tso's Chicken . . . it may have been the invention of Taiwanese immigrants to the United States and Europe. Alternate spellings include General Cho, General Zo, General Zhou, General Jo, and General Tzo. It is pronounced "Djo," with the tongue hard against teeth.
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His name was used to frighten Muslim children for centuries after his death.
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And is now used to frighten American children.
<Jack Nicholson's The Shining voice>"Guess what Mommy got for dinner again?"</Jack Nicholson's The Shining voice>
 
I must know if General Tso chicken is the same thing as General Tao chicken because it's an absolute delight to eat> General Tao Chicken is chicken slivers covered in batter but fried rather crispy with an orangy sauce that contains garlic, sweet stuff and peppers with some variations having a smidgeon of chilli in it. It is both sweet yet spicy and the better versions have a faint garlic taste that is not to overpowering yet noticable. Served with steamed white rice and copious amounts of sake it is a treat for the palette. I too am getting hungrier with every word I type....😉
 
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