General Tso's Chicken
INGREDIENTS
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Ingredients:
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(Chicken)
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- 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts, sliced into 1-inch cubes
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- 1 1/2 cups cornstarch
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- 1/4 cup salt
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** Dan and I love our food salty, but some people might find 1/4 cup to be too much. If you’re not as salt-loving as us, I would suggest starting low (1 or 2 tsp), dipping/frying a couple pieces of chicken with that, tasting, and modifying accordin
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- 3 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
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- 3 cups vegetable oil for frying, plus 1 tablespoon for stir-frying
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- 5 dried red chilis, roughly chopped
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- 2 tsp minced garlic
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- Scallions, green parts thinly sliced, for garnish
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(Marinade)
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- 1 tablespoons soy sauce
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- 1 tablespoon Chinese rice wine or dry sherry
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- 2 egg whites
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(Sauce)
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- 1/4 cup chicken stock or broth
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- 1 1/2 tablespoons tomato paste
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- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
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- 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
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- 1 teaspoon hoisin sauce
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- 1 teaspoon chili paste (I didn’t have this, so I substituted 2 tsp cayenne pepper and red pepper flakes)
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- 1 teaspoons sesame oil
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- 1 tablespoon sugar
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- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
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