General Tso Chicken Recipe with step by step pictures. Delicious sweet and sour chicken which taste yummy with fried rice or noodles.
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General Tso Chicken Recipe
Hope everyone had a great day.. Today’s recipe is gonna be the easiest chicken dish. This is also called as Governor Tso's chicken in many areas. The key factor in this dish is the frying of the chicken. You should fry the chicken in low heat for first 5 mins then increase the heat to a high and fry it till the chicken is crispy and tender. Then toss the chicken in the sauce and serve immediately. Hope you all will give this a try and let me know what you think.
Ingredients for General Tso Chicken Recipe
- Chicken-200 gm
- Onion-1 chopped finely
- Ginger -1 tblspn minced
- Garlic-1 tblspn minced
- Dry Red chilli-2
- Spring onion for garnishing
- Cornflour-3 tblspn
- Salt to taste
- Soya Sauce-2 tblspn
- Vinegar-1 tblspn
- Sugar-1 tsp
- Water-¼ cup
- Tomato Ketchup-2 tblspn
- Cornflour Slurry-1 tblspn (1 tsp cornflour mixed with 1 tblspn of water)
How to Make General Tso Chicken Recipe
- Mix 3 tbsp of cornflour with the chicken and fry it in oil till crispy.
- Mix all ingredients given in the sauce list together.
- Heat oil in a kadai. Add in ginger, garlic, red chilli, onion and fry for 1 min.
- Pour in the sauce and cook till the sauce thickens up.
- Season with salt to taste.Add in the fried chicken pieces and toss well.
- Sprinkle some spring onion and mix well.
- Serve hot with rice.
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General Tso Chicken Recipe
Ingredients
- Chicken-200 gm
- Onion-1 chopped finely
- Ginger -1 tblspn minced
- Garlic-1 tblspn minced
- Dry Red chilli-2
- Spring onion for garnishing
- Cornflour-3 tblspn
- Salt to taste
- For Sauce:
- Soya Sauce-2 tblspn
- Vinegar-1 tblspn
- Sugar-1 tsp
- Water-¼ cup
- Tomato Ketchup-2 tblspn
- Cornflour Slurry-1 tblspn 1 tsp cornflour mixed with 1 tblspn of water
Instructions
- Mix 3 tblspn of cornflour with the chicken and fry it in oil till crispy.
- Mix all ingrediants given in the sauce list together.
- Heat oil in a kadai..Add in ginger,garlic,red chilli,onion and fry for 1 min.
- Pour in the sauce and cook till the sauce thickens up.
- Season with salt to taste.Add in the fried chicken pieces and toss well.
- Sprinkle some spring onion and mix well.
- Serve hot with rice..
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General Tso Chicken Step by Step
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| All Stuffs you need for making this dish |
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| Mix corn starch with the chicken |
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| Deep fry in oil till crispy |
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| Sauce ingredients |
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| Mix everything up |
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| Saute ginger and garlic in oil |
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| add in dry red chilli and onion |
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| pour in the sauce and mix |
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| Bring to boil |
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| let the sauce thicken |
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| throw in the fried chicken piece |
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| garnish with spring onion |
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| SERVE |
Amy J. and Tiffanie A.
I want to eat this for lunch!!! THIS LOOKS SO YUMMY!!!!!!!!!! Making this yourself instead of a restaurant I am sure is healthier for you. Plus you get to make as much as you want and have it for left overs! You think it would work with shrimp??
Aarthi
Hai dear thanks for your comment..You could surely try this with shrimp or fish..
Chitra
lovely... looks very tempting...will go gr8 with some fried rice...
Pretend Chef
Crave worthy. I want to make this for dinner tonight. Much better than ordering takeout. Yummy!
Tina (PinayInTexas)
That looks so delicious and will definitely make me eat more rice than usual! lol
DD
i appreciate your efforts aarthi!!!! you are wonderful cook!!! this looks awesome!!!!
Torviewtoronto
delicious sweet and sour chicken reminds me of chillie chicken that we make looks wonderful
Simples Assim
Hi,
Delicious! I'll try.
Lylia
Xinmei @ Pudding Pie Lane
This looks great! I love the way you've shown all of the ingredients in one photo. I would love to participate in your giveaway but I think I live too far away!
Priti
Looks so gud ..I just need some plain or fried rice to enjoy these 🙂
Rumana Rawat
Awesome awesome:)
Lynne
Hi, thanks for visiting.
I like the way you explain your recipes, so easy to follow.
Sizzle and Zoom
This looks so delicious and easy to make!
vicki archer
Delicious...will be trying this one....xv
Dzoli
Seems we are all cooking chicken these days.And why not it can be yummy and always different ,thanks to great recepies like yours;)
Draffin Bears
It was wonderful to discover your wonderful blog and crispy chicken recipe, thanks for sharing. Many thanks for visiting me and I look forward to coming to visit you again.
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Barbara
This looks marvelous, Aarthi. I love the way you cooked the chicken!
Tina
mouthwatering and delicious....
Renee
this looks soo goood. I love sweet n spicy chicken. Unfortunately, my husband ain't a fan of it :(. So i always order it for myself, when we dine out. I think i'm going to make this when I've got something else for him as leftover :).
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High Heeled Life
WOW! this sounds fabulous ... thanks for visiting my blog .. you have an amazing blog and Your recipes are mouth watering and I like the way you show the process in photos.. Happy cooking ..HHL
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Mari @ Mari's Cakes
Aarthi, I love making this recipe, it been my favorite for years. I love how your chicken looks, delicious!
sweetcarolinescooking.com
Sweet and sour sauce is so delicious. This looks fantastic!
Katherine Aucoin
I've been looking for a good General Tso recipe and can't wait to try this!
Mugdha
lovely... looks very tempting...
Cooking Creation
This is one dish I haven't attempted to make yet but that is about to change! Yours looks like it turned out perfectly! YUM!
Selena Gomez
Brilliant photographs! wow....lovely n delicious .it tastes yummy too!
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