General Tso's Chicken
General Tso's chicken is a Chinese-American creation — there is no General Tso's chicken in China. The dish was developed in the 1970s in New York by Taiwanese chef Peng Chang-kuei, and bears little resemblance to Hunanese cooking. However, as an expression of Chinese-American cooking at its best, it is worthy of serious treatment: boneless chicken, crispy-fried in a light batter, tossed in a sweet-hot-sour-savoury sauce of soy, vinegar, sugar, and dried chillies.
Five in town · two in Vancouver · one not yet within reach.
- In town
- 5 · garlic, fresh ginger, dried red chilies, caster sugar, chicken stock
- In Vancouver
- 2 · neutral oil, roasted cashews
- Not yet within reach
- 1 · soy sauce
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