Hey everyone, it’s Clark, welcome to my recipe site. Today I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, General’s Chicken. It is one of my favourite food recipe, this time i’am gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be smell and look delicious.
General’s Chicken Recipe. Okay, so in my humble opinion, when ordering General Tso Chicken, Sesame Chicken or Orange Chicken from a Chinese restaurant, the base sauce reicpe is the same, they simply add spice to the General Tso, sesame seeds to the Sesame Chicken, and orange peel (with a little spice) to the Orange Chicken. 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.
You can have General’s Chicken using 14 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of General’s Chicken
Prepare 8 pieces of chicken wings.
Make ready 1 piece of eggplant, sliced thinly into 2x3 inch chips lengthwise.
Prepare 2 of eggs, beaten.
Take 1/4 cup of flour, or enough flour for chicken.
Take 1/4 cup of flour for eggplant.
Make ready 4 cloves of garlic, minced.
Prepare 1/4 of chilli flakes (optional to include or add more if desired).
You need 2 tablespoon of rice wine.
Prepare 2 tablespoon of soy sauce.
Make ready 2 tablespoon of white sugar (adjust according to taste).
Prepare 1/2 tablespoon of vinegar (adjust according to taste).
Make ready 2 teaspoon of flour.
You need 1 teaspoon of lemon or calamansi juice.
Prepare of Cooking oil for deep fry of chicken and eggplant (fry separately).
To make the meal go quickly prep everything the day or night before and store in the fridge.To make this easy to understand I have changed the terms to cornstarch slurry and sauce.Bite-sized pieces of tender chicken are dipped in a coating and fried until perfectly crispy, then tossed in a deliciously sweet and spicy sauce.Steamed broccoli is a popular accompaniment in many takeout places and of course a bed of fragrant steamed rice.
General’s Chicken instructions
Prepare eggplant chips. Cut the eggplant into 2x3 inch lengthwise chips. Layout on top of a kitchen cloth, cover on top with another cloth to dry. Leave for around 15 minutes. Once dry, dredge in flour and set aside for frying..
Prepare chicken and batter. Mix the eggs with flour, beat until well incorporated. Dip the chicken pieces in the batter and coat throroughly when ready to deep fry..
Prepare the sauce. Mix the sauce ingredients in a bowl except for the garlic and chilli flakes. Sauce ingredients are vinegar, soy sauce, rice wine, sugar, flour, lemon / calamansi juice. Taste and adjust sauce according to taste. Set aside..
Fry eggplant and chicken. Heat oil in deep fryer or wok. Deep fry eggplant chips until golden / dark brown in colour. Set aside. Remove excess oil. Deep fry chicken until golden brown in colour. Set aside..
Serving and plating the dish. 5-10 minutes before serving, saute minced garlic and chilli flakes in frying pan. Add chicken to reheat. Stir to coat chicken pieces with garlic and chilli flakes. Add prepared sauce into pan and let simmer until sayce thickens, mixing well to chicken. Add eggplant chips and stir to coat chips with sauce as well..
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.General Tso Chicken is a favorite Chinese food takeout choice that is sweet and slightly spicy with a kick from garlic and ginger.This is even better than the BEST I have had in my fave Chinese restaurant.
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