general tso chicken

This homemade Instant Pot General Tso&#039;s Chicken is better than takeout! It&#039;s so quick and easy to make, requires simple ingredients, cheaper, and definitely healthier than takeout!

Instant Pot General Tso'S Chicken

(900 grams) chicken thighs

cornstarch

vegetable oil

ginger (grated)

garlic (minced)

red chili flakes (optional)

general tso's sauce ((recipe follows))

water

rice (for serving)

sesame seeds (toasted)

onion

rice vinegar

soy sauce

hoisin sauce

sesame oil

sugar

Instant Pot General Tso's Chicken

If you&#039;re going for the dump and start method, then add all of the ingredients to the pot (except for the cornstarch) and skip to step 5. If you decide to do the saute steps, then in a bowl, mix the chicken with cornstarch until it&#039;s well coated.

On the Instant Pot press on SAUTE (on low) and heat the oil. Add the chicken, and brown it until lightly browned. Remove the chicken from the pot onto a plate and set aside. Work in batches.

Deglaze the pot by adding ¼ cup of water, and with a wooden spoon or a heat resistant spatula scrape off any bits stuck to the bottom of the pot. I recommend discarding the liquid and the chicken cornstarch bits that were stuck to the pot to get a smooth sauce.

On the SAUTE setting, cook the garlic, ginger, and chili flakes for 30 seconds. Then add 1 cup of the General Tso&#039;s Sauce, put the chicken back in and give everything a mix.

Secure the lid and set the vent to SEALING. Select the PRESSURE COOK/MANUAL setting and set the cooking time for 4 minutes at high pressure. The Instant Pot will take around 4 minutes to come to pressure and start cooking. When the cooking program ends, quickly release the steam and carefully remove the lid.

Press on SAUTE if the sauce is no longer hot, and once the sauce comes to a gentle boil add the cornstarch mixed with water. Whisk until the sauce is thickened (it thickens very quickly).

Serve over rice, and garnish with toasted sesame seeds and chopped green onion.

To Thicken the Sauce

This lighter General Tso's Chicken is made with chunks of white meat chicken breast, lightly wok sautéed with an easy, healthier stir-fry sauce, and more than half the calories than if you ordered take-out!

General Tso's Chicken

chicken

soy sauce (divided*)

cornstarch (divided)

ginger

garlic

scallions

chicken broth

sriracha sauce (plus more for serving)

hoisin*

sesame seeds (for garnish)

In a medium bowl, combine the chicken, 2 tablespoons soy sauce, 3 tablespoons cornstarch and egg white. Toss to combine and set aside while you chop the vegetables.

Mince the garlic and ginger and chop the scallions. Separate the scallion whites from the greens and set aside greens for garnish.

Heat a small sauce pot over medium heat. Add 1 teaspoon of sesame oil, ginger, garlic and scallion whites. Sauté for 1 minute. Add the chicken broth, remaining 2 tablespoons soy sauce, sriracha, and hoisin and whisk to combine. Add the remaining 1 tablespoon cornstarch and whisk sauce until starting to thicken, about 2 minutes. Once thickened, turn heat to low and keep warm while you make the chicken.

Heat a large wok or non-stick skillet over medium-high heat. In two batches to prevent sticking, add 1/2 tablespoon of sesame oil then half of the chicken pieces. Cook chicken for 3-4 minutes, or until browned on the edges. Flip chicken and cook an additional 2-3 minutes, or until cooked through. Set aside on a plate and add the remaining oil and chicken as directed.

Return the chicken back to the skillet or wok, add the sauce to the skillet and toss to coat. Sprinkle with scallion greens and sesame seeds. Serve immediately with extra sriracha, if desired.

Sesame Chicken is a Chinese-American takeout classic, that you can make at home in under 30 minutes! This family favorite meal combines crispy chicken pieces with a delicious sauce. Serve over a bed of rice and steamed veggies for a complete meal. 

Crispy and Sweet Sesame Chicken

chicken breasts (, about 1 pound)

flour (all purpose)

table salt

white pepper

eggs (large)

vegetable oil (,

honey

ketchup

brown sugar

garlic (, minced)

onions

sesame seeds

Cut chicken breasts into bite-sized pieces. In a medium-sized mixing bowl, whisk together flour, cornstarch, salt, and white pepper.  In a separate bowl, whisk the eggs. Submerge chicken breast pieces egg mixture first then the dry mixture and set aside.

Meanwhile, pour enough vegetable oil into a large pot or saucepan to cover the bottom with 2 inches of vegetable oil Heat to 350 degrees F. Working in small batches, fry chicken pieces until cooked through and golden brown, about 3 to 4 minutes. Remove from oil and drain on a paper towel-lined plate.

While the chicken is cooking, combine in a bowl-water, honey, ketchup, brown sugar, rice vinegar, soy sauce, hoisin sauce, cornstarch, and ground ginger. Set aside.

In a large skillet, heat the tablespoon of sesame oil and garlic together over medium high heat until garlic turns a darker shade and is more fragrant.  Add in the the sauce mixture and simmer the sauce over medium heat for 3-4 minutes until it thickens up. Add chicken right into the sauce and toss to fully coat.  Sprinkle with sesame seeds.

Serve immediately. Garnish with green onions (if using).

General Tso&#039;s Chicken is the popular American-Chinese Restaurant food we love to order! Breaded sweet fried chicken pieces are so close to sesame and orange chicken only its not as spicy or sour! It&#039;s better-than-takeout and super easy to make! 

chicken breasts ((cubed))

all-purpose flour ((or cornstarch))

paprika

tsp garlic salt

white distilled vinegar

salt

tsp red chili pepper flakes ((optional))

Coat the chicken pieces in the breading and fry in 3/4 cup of oil. Cook in batches.

Combine the sauce ingredients and pour over all the fried chicken pieces. Bring to a boil and then simmer uncovered for 12 minutes or until sauce thickens.

How To Make General Tso&#039;s Chicken:

This Asian-inspired dish is the perfect mixture of juicy chicken and savory sauce!

½ pounds boneless chicken breasts

salt & pepper

eggs (beaten)

cornstarch (+ 2 tablespoons, divided)

vegetable oil (or as needed, divided)

green onions (thinly sliced, white and green divided)

soy sauce (low sodium)

red chili peppers (whole, chili

Cut chicken breasts into 1&quot; cubes. Season with salt &amp; pepper and toss with egg. Remove chicken from egg and toss with ½ cup cornstarch.

Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a pan over medium-high heat. Add half of the chicken and cook until crisp and cooked through, about 5-6 minutes. Repeat with remaining chicken, adding more oil if needed. Remove from the pan and set aside.

For the sauce, combine all ingredients in a small bowl and whisk.

Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a small pan over medium heat. Add the whites of the green onion, garlic, and ginger and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Stir in sauce ingredients and simmer 2-3 minutes or until thickened.

Combine remaining 2 tablespoons cornstarch with 2 tablespoons water. Slowly drizzle cornstarch into the sauce while whisking until it is slightly thickened. Toss sauce with cooked chicken and garnish with remaining green onion.

Slow Cooker General Tso&#039;s Chicken is a super easy meal with an amazing sweet and savory sauce with a little bit of heat! This is way better than takeout!

Slow Cooker General Tso's Chicken

chicken breasts

T soy sauce

Tablespoons rice wine vinegar

dry ginger

tsp crushed red pepper (more

Optional garnish (green onions, sesame seeds, additional red pepper flakes)

In a mixing bowl add the chicken and cornstarch. Toss until the chicken is completely coated in the cornstarch. In a medium sized skillet over medium high heat add oil and cook the chicken until the chicken is lightly brown but not cooked throughout. Put in the bottom of a slow cooker.

In a small mixing bowl whisk together hoisin sauce, soy sauce, brown sugar, garlic, rice wine vinegar, sesame oil, ginger and crushed red pepper. Pour on top of chicken in the slow cooker.

Cook on low heat for 3-4 hours or until chicken is cooked throughout. *see note

Serve over rice and garnish with green onions, sesame seeds and red pepper flakes if desired.

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Slow Cooker General Tso's Chicken is a super easy meal with an amazing sweet and savory sauce with a little bit of heat! This is way better than takeout!

General Tso Chicken recipe is a popular North American-Chinese food takeout recipe that is widely popular. It has a sweet, spicy, and slightly ginger-y taste and is so good.

General Tso's Chicken Recipe

Pound Chicken Thigh

Tablespoon Cornstarch

Oil (for deep frying Chicken)

½ Inch Ginger (finely chopped)

Garlic (minced)

Tablespoon Rice Vinegar

Tablespoon Soy Sauce

Teaspoon Hoisin Sauce

Water

Tablespoon Brown Sugar (can replace with white sugar)

White Sesame Seeds (for Garnish)

Coat chicken and Fry them

FRY CHICKEN: Coat chicken in cornstarch and fry it in a skillet with hot oil until golden brown and crispy on both sides. Once done, take them out on a plate and keep them aside.

Fry Chicken

Make General Tso&#39;s Sauce

MAKE GENERAL TSO&#039;S SAUCE: In a pyrex jar or a mixing bowl combine Soy Sauce, Rice Vinegar, Hoisin Sauce, Cornstarch, Water, and Brown Sugar.

Saute Ginger and Garlic

SAUTE GINGER GARLIC: In the same pan, saute Ginger and Garlic for 30-seconds until the garlic turns aromatic.Add Fried Chicken and pour the General Tso&#039;s Sauce. Stir lightly for about 30-seconds. Garnish and Serve with White Sesame Seeds and chopped Cilantro.

Make General Tso&#039;s Sauce

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GENERAL TSO'S CHICKEN RECIPE || GENERAL TSO'S CHICKEN SAUCE || Healthy General Tso's Chicken
#GeneralTsosChicken #AsianChicken

General Tso Chicken recipe is a popular North American-Chinese food takeout recipe that is widely popular. It has a sweet, spicy, and slightly ginger-y taste and is so good.

Course: Dinner, Main Course
Cuisine: American, Chinese

Prep Time: 5m
Cook Time: 10m
Total Time: 15m
Servings: 4 servings

Author: Anjali

ingredients:

For Chicken
- 1 Pound Chicken Thigh cut into 1-inch bite size pieces
- 4 Tablespoon Cornstarch
- Oil for deep frying Chicken
For General Tso's Sauce
- ½ Inch Ginger finely chopped
- 4-5 cloves Garlic minced
- 3 Tablespoon Rice Vinegar
- 3 Tablespoon Soy Sauce
- 3 Teaspoon Hoisin Sauce
- 4-5 Tablespoon Water
- 2 Tablespoon Brown Sugar can replace with white sugar
- 1 Tablespoon Cornstarch
- White Sesame Seeds for Garnish

1) FRY CHICKEN: Coat chicken in cornstarch and fry it in a skillet with hot oil until golden brown and crispy on both sides. Once done, take them out on a plate and keep them aside.
Make General Tso's Sauce
1) MAKE GENERAL TSO'S SAUCE: In a pyrex jar or a mixing bowl combine Soy Sauce, Rice Vinegar, Hoisin Sauce, Cornstarch, Water, and Brown Sugar.
2) SAUTE GINGER GARLIC: In the same pan, saute Ginger and Garlic for 30-seconds until the garlic turns aromatic.Add Fried Chicken and pour the General Tso's Sauce. Stir lightly for about 30-seconds. Garnish and Serve with White Sesame Seeds and chopped Cilantro.
You can serve General Tso's Chicken with White Rice and Steamed Broccoli. Storage Instructions: If you want to store this recipe, then I recommend storing this for just 2-3 days. Also, make sure you cover the bowl with the chicken. Cover it with cling wrap or plastic wrap and make sure there is no air gap around. Place it in your refrigerator. And, before serving, make sure you thaw it out or warm it through in the oven.  

calories 90KCal

GENERAL TSO'S CHICKEN RECIPE || GENERAL TSO'S CHICKEN SAUCE || Healthy General Tso's Chicken

Skip the expensive and unhealthy takeout and make it yourself instead. This easy Slow Cooker General Tso Chicken is simple to prepare and so much better for you than what you&#039;d get at a restaurant. Plus, it&#039;s gluten free!

Slow Cooker General Tso Chicken

tapioca flour (or cornstarch)

avocado oil

tamari

gluten free hoisin sauce

coconut sugar

sriracha

red pepper flakes

Cut chicken into large bite sized chunks

Place in plastic zipper bag along with tapioca flour and shake to coat well

Heat oil in skillet over medium high heat

Shake excess flour from chicken and arrange in pan in single layer

Cook for about 2-3 minutes on each side until lightly browned

Transfer to slow cooker

Whisk together remaining ingredients and pour over chicken

Cover and cook on high for 2-3 hours or low for 4-6

A homemade General Tso&#39;s Chicken recipe with crispy pan-fried chicken tossed in a sweet and sticky sauce, and served with hot steamed rice.

General Tso’s Chicken

all-purpose flour

salt and black pepper

oil ((vegetable or canola oil))

brown sugar (, packed)

ground ginger (,

red pepper flakes (or more, to taste)

Make General Tso&#39;s Sauce: Add the sauce ingredients to a bowl and whisk well to combine. Set aside.

Make breading: Add cornstarch, flour, and salt and pepper to a large ziplock bag and shake to combine. Whisk egg whites in a separate bowl.

Coat chicken: Add chicken pieces to the egg whites and toss to coat. Spoon coated chicken pieces into the ziplock bag, allowing excess egg to drip back into the bowl. Shake the bag to coat chicken evenly in the cornstarch mixture. 

Cook chicken: Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add oil. Once oil is hot, add some of the chicken (it&#39;s best to cook the chicken in 2 or 3 batches, so it browns better). Cook the chicken 2-3 minutes on each side, until the coating is golden brown and the chicken is cooked through. Remove to a plate. Repeat until all of the chicken has cooked, and set aside on a plate.

Add sauce: Add the sauce to the pan and simmer until warm and thickened. Toss the chicken in the sauce just before serving.

Serve with hot cooked white or brown rice. Garnish with chopped green onions.

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A homemade General Tso's Chicken recipe with crispy pan-fried chicken in a sweet, sticky sauce featuring ginger, garlic, soy sauce, dried red chilies and rice wine vinegar.

General Tso Chicken

Skip the takeout and make this delicious General Tso&#039;s chicken at home! You&#039;ll fall in love with the sweet and spicy sauce poured over the crispy, juicy chicken. This is truly a restaurant-style recipe!

General Tso Chicken Recipe

corn starch

Kosher salt

pepper

garlic salt

canola oil

eggs ((whisked))

rice vinegar ((distilled vinegar will work too))

Tablespoon ginger ((or 1 teaspoon ground ginger))

sriracha hot sauce ((can sub with 1/2 teaspoon red chili pepper flakes))

Preheat

Preheat oven to 375°F. Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil. Set aside.

Coat the chicken

Place the chicken, corn starch, salt, pepper and garlic salt in a large ziplock bag and shake until the chicken is evenly coated.

Fry the chicken

Heat oil in a large frying pan over medium heat. Dip the chicken in the egg mixture and place in the frying pan with a fork. Fry both sides of the chicken for about 2 minutes each and the move chicken to the baking sheet.&nbsp;

Make the sauce and bake

In a medium size bowl, whisk together all of the ingredients for the sauce. Next, pour the sauce over the chicken and bake for 20-25 minutes, or until the chicken is crispy. Stir halfway.&nbsp;

Serve

Serve with steamed rice and vegetables. Enjoy!

Definitely a keeper! The sauce is spot on and the chicken is so easy to cook! Will be saving this one for the future:)

This turned out so delicious! Really is better than take out. Will make again!

This is a great sauce, and I love that all of the ingredients were pantry staples! I had rotisserie chicken, so I cut some up, tossed with garlic powder, onion powder, and a little olive oil, then into some cornstarch, then into some hot oil just for a minute for that crispiness I crave. I simmered the sauce and thickened with cornstarch since I wasn’t cooking the chicken. Served over white rice and with steamed broccoli and carrots. Will probably make it a little less sweet next time, but there will definitely be a next time!! Thank you!

Wow! This fabulous recipe is a big hit in our house….it so DELICIOUS and easy! Definitely making this a regular in the meal rotation

I substituted pork for chicken, and hoisin sauce for ketchup, ginger with apple since it goes better with pork, and added som shiitake mushrooms ... but it didn't taste like the General Tso chicken i know so there is something wrong with your recipe ... DUH?!!
no .. followed your recipe to the letter - so YOUR recipe is hereby given 5 stars, it was very tasty.

Fabulous, changed a few things, made the sauce but boiled and thickened it a bit with a cornstarch slurry, not too thick, added 1 tbsp fish sauce. Did  not cook this in the oven, it was fully cooked coming out if the fryer. Added some red onion, carrot, peppers and mushrooms (sautéed ) to 2 cups of Basmati rice , made with chicken stock , added the cooked chicken to the rice, and all of a double batch of sauce. Absolutely amazing! Thank you

Very good!  My picky husband said it was perfect. I halved the recipe since I was cooking for just the two of us and added some chopped carrots to the rice when I cooked it-that way I got a little bit more veggies in my plant phobic man. 😉 I also added some green onion in the chicken sauce. I will be adding it to the meal rotation.

The only chicken my boys will eat…so yummy!

This was definitely a recipe we’ll repeat!!
I tasted the sauce as I added the hot sauce, so it wouldn’t get too hot!!

Made this for dinner tonight. Fabulous General TSO chicken with rice and broccoli!

Was so excited to try the recipe, its hard to find great General Tso's chicken. Delicious!

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Skip the takeout and make this delicious General Tso’s chicken at home! You’ll fall in love with the sweet and spicy sauce poured over the crispy, juicy chicken.

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