General Tso's Chicken

Ingredients

• Chicken, broilers or fryers, breast, skinless, boneless, meat only, with added solution, raw

  16 oz or 453g

• Cornstarch

  ¼ cup or 32g

• Ginger

  Spices, ground

  1 tbsp or 5g

• Chili powder

  Spices

  ½ tsp or 1g

• Garlic

  Raw

  2 cloves, minced or 6g

• Rice wine vinegar

  3 tbsp or 45g

• Soy sauce

  Made from soy (tamari)

  3 tbsp or 54g

• Hoisin sauce

  Ready-to-serve

  2 tsp or 11g

• Water

  Plain, clean water

  ¼ cup or 59g

• Sugar

  White, granulated sugar

  3 tbsp or 38g

• Cornstarch

  1 tbsp or 8g

Directions

1. Toss the chicken thighs with the quarter cup of cornstarch and let sit while you mix the sauce ingredients.
2. Add the rice vinegar, soy sauce, hoisin sauce, water, sugar and tablespoon of cornstarch in a small bowl and whisk together.
3. Add the chicken to a pan with the oil and fry until crispy.
4. Remove chicken from the pan and drain all but a tablespoon of the oil and add the chili flakes, ginger and garlic.
5. Cook until you smell the garlic (about 30 seconds).
6. Add in the chicken and toss, then add in the sauce.
7. Stir for about 30 seconds until thickened. Serve.