Dinner

General Tso's Chicken

Crispy chicken in a sweet, tangy and slightly spicy sauce with dried chillies.

Prep
15 min
Cook
15 min
Serves
4
Level
Easy
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General Tso's Chicken
Photo: Anbinh Pho on Unsplash

This dish is hugely popular in Chinese-American restaurants and now on many British menus.

The sauce is sticky, sweet and a little spicy.

General Tso's Chicken

30 min total · approx. 540 kcal per serving

Ingredients

Servings 4

Method

  1. Dip the chicken in egg, then cornflour.
  2. Fry at 180°C for 5 minutes until crisp.
  3. Stir-fry the chillies, garlic and ginger in 1 tbsp oil for 30 seconds.
  4. Add the soy, vinegar, sugar and hoisin and bubble. Toss in the chicken.
Cook's noteServe with broccoli and rice.

Calories are an estimate per serving. Diet tags are a guide only: always check ingredient labels for allergens, and see our food safety note.