Quick and Easy General Tsao's Chicken. If pieces of chicken stick together, break apart with spatula. It's sweet, savory, sour and every bit as addictive as the restaurant version. The chicken is crispy without being overly breaded (my usual complaint when it comes to General Tso's), while the sauce is thick and syrupy, just like it should be.
Will be making this delicious dish again. But, this dish absolutely need some crushed red pepper. Roast, tossing once halfway through, until crisp-tender and. You can have Quick and Easy General Tsao's Chicken using 10 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Quick and Easy General Tsao's Chicken
- Prepare 1 packages of chicken tenders.
- You need 2 tbsp of olive oil.
- You need 2 tbsp of minced garlic.
- It's 1 tbsp of garlic salt.
- Prepare 1 tbsp of onion powder.
- Prepare 1 tbsp of ground ginger.
- Prepare 3 tbsp of red Cooking wine.
- It's 2 tbsp of crushed red pepper flakes.
- Prepare 1 cup of House of Tsang Classic Stir Fry Sauce.
- You need 1/4 cup of brown sugar.
This is not authentic General Tso's Chicken, but it's a recipe I developed and it tastes quite similar. It's easy and requires no odd ingredients. You can either batter your chicken before adding to the sauce or just stir-fry your plain chicken, it's up to you. This makes plenty of sauce- I don't like dry General Tso's.
Quick and Easy General Tsao's Chicken step by step
- Heat olive oil in pan, cube chicken and season with garlic salt and onion powder. Add chicken and minced garlic to pan. Cover and cook on medium heat for about 5 mins..
- Add red cooking wine and cook uncovered until chicken begins to grill a bit(about another 5 mins) stirring occasionally..
- Add stir fry sauce, ground ginger and red pepper flakes and stir in brown sugar. It will start bubbling, turn heat to low and cook for 2 mins. Serve with rice, stir fry veggies and rice noodles..
After reading several reviews, I would just like to add that I must use. Stir in the green onion, garlic, whole chiles, and orange zest. Cook and stir a minute or two until the garlic has turned golden and the chiles brighten. General Tso's Chicken was one of my favorite college days late night Chinese food delivery orders. The spicier, zestier less popular cousin to the ever popular Orange Chicken, General Tso's Chicken is a fantastic option when you're looking to change up your Chinese food routine.