General Tso Chicken And Fried Rice Recipes

GENERAL TSO'S CHICKEN

Steps:

• Sauce-Marinade: Mix the soy, hoisin, vinegar, chilli and sesame oil.
• Marinate Chicken: Take out 2 tablespoons of Sauce-Marinade and mix with chicken. Add ginger and garlic to chicken, mix, then marinate 30 minutes.
• Dust chicken: Add cornflour into chicken and toss to coat, ensuring pieces are separated so they get fully coated.
• Shake off excess: Tip into a colander and shake to remove excess cornflour (or grab handfuls, shake so cornflour falls through your fingers).
• Finish Sauce: To the remaining Sauce-Marinade (that you made in Step 1), add sugar and cornflour. Mix, then add chicken stock and mix.
• Heat oil: Heat 2 cm / 4/5" oil in a deep skillet (or large pot - whatever you're comfortable with) to 200°C/390°F. To use less, see Note 4.
• Fry: Cook chicken 3 minutes, turning halfway, until golden and crispy. Drain on paper towel lined plate.
• New / clean skillet: Discard oil, wipe skillet and return to heat. Or use another large skillet.
• Stir Fry Sauce: Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add garlic, ginger, chilli flakes, saute 30 seconds until garlic is light golden. Add Sauce, bring to simmer and stir occasionally until it thickens enough that you can draw a path across pan base.
• Toss! Add chicken, toss to coat quickly - the quicker you are, the crispier the chicken stays! Transfer to serving plate, garnish and serve immediately with your rice of choice.

GENERAL TSO CHICKEN AND FRIED RICE

Steps:

• Instructions for General Tso
• Set oven to 250
• Season chicken with salt pepper and asian seasoning
• Dredge chicken in egg then dredge in flour and fry in oil over medium heat (in a wok or a skillet) until golden brown and crispy. Drain
• Sprinkle cayenne pepper all over the chicken and place it into a warm oven. Add sugar, soy sauce, pineapple juice, vinegar, garlic, crushed red peppers and ginger to a sauce pan and heat gently, stirring until sauce is smooth and sugar has dissolved.
• Add cornstarch slowly stirring constantly until sauce has thickened to your liking
• Remove chicken from oven and pour the sauce in the wok or skillet and stir to coat chicken. Stir in green onion and hot red pepper flakes (optional).
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• Instructions for the Fried Rice
• Heat 1 tbs of butter in a large pan over medium high heat until entire pan is coated in butter. Add eggs, and scramble. Remove egg and set aside.
• Add another 1 tbs of butter to the pan. Add peas, garlic, carrots, onions, and salt and pepper.
• Saute for about 5-7 minutes or longer if the onions are not soft.
• Increase heat and add 2 tbs of butter and stir until melted. Add eggs, green onions and Asian seasoning, sesame oil then stir to combine. Remove from heat serve warm.
• Remove from heat and serve with the fried rice.

GENERAL TSAO'S CHICKEN II

Steps:

• Heat 4 cups vegetable oil in a deep-fryer or large saucepan to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Beat the egg in a mixing bowl. Add the chicken cubes; sprinkle with salt, 1 teaspoon sugar, and white pepper; mix well. Mix in 1 cup of cornstarch a little bit at a time until the chicken cubes are well coated.
• In batches, carefully drop the chicken cubes into the hot oil one by one, cooking until they turns golden brown and begin to float, about 3 minutes. Remove the chicken and allow to cool as you fry the next batch. Once all of the chicken has been fried, refry the chicken, starting with the batch that was cooked first. Cook until the chicken turns deep golden brown, about 2 minutes more. Drain on a paper towel-lined plate.
• Heat 2 tablespoons vegetable oil in a wok or large skillet over high heat. 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. Add 1/2 cup sugar, the ginger, chicken broth, vinegar, soy sauce, sesame oil, and peanut oil; bring to a boil and cook for 3 minutes.
• Dissolve 2 teaspoons of cornstarch into the water, and stir into the boiling sauce. Return to a boil and cook until the sauce thickens and is no longer cloudy from the cornstarch, about 1 minute. Stir the chicken into the boiling sauce. Reduce heat to low and cook for a few minutes until the chicken absorbs some of the sauce.

GENERAL TSO'S CHICKEN

Steps:

• For the chicken: Place your broccoli florets in a medium bowl and add 2 tablespoons water. Cover with plastic wrap and microwave for 2 minutes, until tender. Drain and set aside until ready to use.
• Heat the oil in a 4-quart (3.8-liter) Dutch oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) using a frying thermometer. Rinse the chicken in cold water and pat dry with paper towels. Mix 1 1/2 cups (335 grams) of the tempura flour and 1 cup (240 milliliters) water into a thick batter. It should look like thick pancake batter. Dredge the chicken cubes in the 1 cup (223 grams) of tempura flour and then coat them in the batter. Fry them in two batches until golden brown and crispy, 6 to 8 minutes. Drain the chicken on paper towels or a rack.
• Heat a wok or large skillet to high and add 2 tablespoons (30 milliliters) of oil. When you see the first wisps of white smoke, stir in the fried chicken, onion, chiles, broccoli, and 1/3 of the ginger and garlic and cook them for about 30 seconds.
• For the sauce: While the chicken cooks, add the oyster sauce, hoisin sauce, chili garlic sauce, sugar, white vinegar, soy sauce, cornstarch slurry, red food coloring if using, 1/3 cup water and the remaining chopped ginger and garlic into a 1-quart (946-millileter) saucepan and bring the heat up to medium. Whisk gently as it comes to a simmer. Allow it to simmer and keep whisking it for about 5 minutes, until the sauce thickens. Remove from the heat and reserve it.
• Stir in the sauce and allow it to coat the chicken and simmer. Cook it, folding all the ingredients until they are well coated, about 2 minutes. Garnish with the scallions.

GENERAL TSO'S CHICKEN WITH RICE

Steps:

• In a small bowl whisk together the broth, cornstarch, sugar, soy sauce, vinegar, and ginger. Set aside.
• Heat your oil in a large skillet (or wok, if you're fancy), and add your garlic, scallions, and pepper flakes until the garlic becomes fragrant, about 45 seconds. Add your chicken and cook until browned on all sides - about 5 minutes.
• Add the sauce mixture you made earlier and allow to simmer until it thickens and the chicken cooks through, 3-5 minutes. Serve chicken over your rice. About 1 cup of chicken and sauce and 1/2 cup of rice per serving. Makes 4 servings.

GENERAL TSO'S CHICKEN (TSO CHUNG GAI)

Steps:

• Mix together egg, salt, black pepper, and cornstarch in a bowl.
• Add the chicken cubes; mix to coat, and marinate for at least 15 minutes.
• In a small bowl, combine soy sauce, garlic, ginger,hoisin sauce, sugar, rice wine vinegar, and sherry for the sauce; reserve.
• Heat wok over high heat for a minute or so; add about 3 1/2-4 cups of peanut oil to wok, and heat to 350 degrees F.
• With tongs, remove chicken cubes individually from bowl, dust with 1 tbsp. cornstarch, shaking off excess, and place in the hot oil.
• Deep-fry chicken pieces for 1 1/2-2 minutes, until browned and crisp.
• turn off heat, and remove chicken with a wire strainer and drain over a bowl.
• Pour off all but 1 1/2 tbsp. of the oil from the wok.
• Heat the wok over high heat for 20-30 seconds; add the chilies and stir-fry for 15-20 seconds, then add the green onions, cooking for 30 seconds more.
• Add the chicken and cook, stirring, for 1 minute; remove all from wok and set aside.
• Stir sauce mixture into wok,stirring well, until sauce thickens into a nice glaze
• add chicken and chilis/onions back into the wok, stirring until everything is well coated, about 1 1/2-2 minutes.
• Place on platter; and garnish with steamed broccoli florets.
• Serve with rice.