General Tso’s Chicken (Better Than Takeout Style)

Ingredients

• 1 lb thinly sliced boneless skinless chicken breasts cut into 1”
• ¼ cup shaoxing wine
• 2 tsp soy sauce
• 1 tsp spicy chile oil
• ½ cup cornstarch
• Salt and pepper
• 2 tsp minced garlic
• 2 tsp minced ginger
• 6 dried thai chiles
• ½ yellow onion roughly chopped
• 1 red pepper roughly chopped
• 1 green pepper roughly chopped

Garnish

• Sesame seeds
• Scallions

General Tso Sauce

• ¼ cup Soy sauce
• ¼ cup Hoisin sauce
• 1 tbsp Spicy chili oil
• 2 tbsp Mirin
• 2 tsp minced garlic
• 2 tsp minced ginger
• 2 tsp cornstarch + 1 tsp water cornstarch slurry

Instructions

1. Preheat 2 cups of oil in a wok until 350*
2. Add chicken to a bowl with shaoxing wine, soy sauce, spicy chili oil, and a pinch of salt and pepper. Let marinate as the sauce is prepared.
3. General Tso Sauce. Heat a saucepan over medium heat. Add garlic, ginger, soy sauce, hoisin, spicy chili oil, sesame oil, and mirin to the pan and bring to a low boil. Once the sauce starts to bubble, stir in the cornstarch slurry and remove from heat.
4. Add cornstarch to the chicken and toss to coat. Fry for 3 minutes. Do not overcrowd the oil. Work in batches and place fried shrimp onto a paper towel lined sheet as you work.
5. Remove all but 1 tbsp of oil from the pan. Add the garlic, ginger, dried thai chiles, onion, and green and red peppers to the pan. Cook for 2 minutes. Pour in the sauce and stir. Cook until thickened, about 4 minutes.
6. Add the chicken to the sauce in the wok and toss to coat.
7. Garnish with scallions and sesame seeds and enjoy!