Best General Tsos Chicken From Serious Eats Recipes

Steps:

• MARINADE.
• In a large bowl, beat egg whites until broken down and lightly foamy.
• Add soy sauce, wine, and vodka. Whisk to combine. Set aside half of marinade in a small bowl.
• To large bowl, add baking soda and cornstarch and whisk to combine. Add chicken and turn with fingers to coat thoroughly. Cover with plastic wrap and set aside.
• DRY COAT.
• In a second large bowl, mix flour, cornstarch, baking powder, and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Whisk until homogenous. Add reserved marinade from Step 3. Whisk until mixture has coarse, mealy clumps. Set aside. (I would put this in a large plastic bag.).
• SAUCE.
• In a small bowl, combine soy sauce, wine, vinegar, chicken stock, sugar, sesame seed oil, and cornstarch. Stir with a fork until cornstarch is dissolved and no lumps remain. Set aside.
• In a large skillet, combine oil, garlic, ginger, minced scallions and red chilies. Place over medium heat (that's right, don't preheat skillet!).
• Cook, stirring, until vegetables are aromatic and soft, but not browned, about 3 minutes.
• Stir sauce mixture and add to skillet, making sure to scrape out any sugar or starch on the bottom. Cook, stirring, until sauce boils and thickens, about 1 minute.
• Add scallion segments. Transfer sauce to a bowl to stop cooking, but don't wipe out skillet.
• TO FINISH.
• Heat 1 1/2 quarts oil in a large wok or Dutch oven to 350°F and adjust flame to maintain temperature.
• One piece at a time, remove chicken from marinade and place in dry coat mixture and toss to coat and press dry mixture onto chicken to help it adhere. When all chicken is in dry coat mixture, make sure every piece is well-coated.
• Lift chicken 1 piece at a time, shake off excess coating, and carefully LOWER into hot oil (DO NOT DROP IT!). Once all chicken has been added, cook, agitating with long chopsticks or a metal spider, and adjust flame to maintain temperature of 325-375°F, until chicken is cooked through and very crispy, about 4 minutes.
• Transfer cooked chicken to a paper towel-lined bowl to drain.
• Add chicken to empty skillet (the one you didn't wipe out in Step 12) and return sauce to skillet. Toss chicken, folding it with a rubber spatula until all pieces are thoroughly coated.
• Serve immediately with white rice. (You may prefer to have more than 1/2 cup rice per serving.).

Steps:

• For the chicken: Place your broccoli florets in a medium bowl and add 2 tablespoons water. Cover with plastic wrap and microwave for 2 minutes, until tender. Drain and set aside until ready to use.
• Heat the oil in a 4-quart (3.8-liter) Dutch oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) using a frying thermometer. Rinse the chicken in cold water and pat dry with paper towels. Mix 1 1/2 cups (335 grams) of the tempura flour and 1 cup (240 milliliters) water into a thick batter. It should look like thick pancake batter. Dredge the chicken cubes in the 1 cup (223 grams) of tempura flour and then coat them in the batter. Fry them in two batches until golden brown and crispy, 6 to 8 minutes. Drain the chicken on paper towels or a rack.
• Heat a wok or large skillet to high and add 2 tablespoons (30 milliliters) of oil. When you see the first wisps of white smoke, stir in the fried chicken, onion, chiles, broccoli, and 1/3 of the ginger and garlic and cook them for about 30 seconds.
• For the sauce: While the chicken cooks, add the oyster sauce, hoisin sauce, chili garlic sauce, sugar, white vinegar, soy sauce, cornstarch slurry, red food coloring if using, 1/3 cup water and the remaining chopped ginger and garlic into a 1-quart (946-millileter) saucepan and bring the heat up to medium. Whisk gently as it comes to a simmer. Allow it to simmer and keep whisking it for about 5 minutes, until the sauce thickens. Remove from the heat and reserve it.
• Stir in the sauce and allow it to coat the chicken and simmer. Cook it, folding all the ingredients until they are well coated, about 2 minutes. Garnish with the scallions.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine 1 cup rice wine (240 ml), ¼ cup (60 ml) of soy sauce, and cubed chicken thighs. Stir and cover with plastic wrap. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes or up to an hour.
• In a separate large bowl, combine 1 cup of flour (125 g) and 1 tablespoon of salt.
• Remove chicken from wine/soy marinade and place in flour mixture. Mix thoroughly, until all the chicken pieces are coated.
• Fill a dutch oven or large pot at least 2 inches (5 cm) deep with vegetable oil. Heat oil to 365˚F (185˚C). Place chicken pieces in frying oil, stirring occasionally. Fry until they are golden brown, roughly 4-5 minutes. Remove chicken from oil and set aside to drain on paper towels or a wire rack.
• In a large skillet, bring one tablespoon of vegetable oil to medium-high heat. Add garlic and ginger, stirring frequently for one minute.
• Add dried chili pods. Continue stirring for 30 seconds before adding rice wine, soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, and sugar. Stir occasionally until mixture is bubbling.
• Add cornstarch slurry, stirring frequently. The sauce should begin to thicken in a minute or less.
• Add cooked chicken pieces, stirring them to coat with the sauce.
• Remove from heat and garnish with green onions and rice.
• Nutrition Calories: 4192 Fat: 434 grams Carbs: 55 grams Fiber: 3 grams Sugars: 18 grams Protein: 33 grams
• Enjoy!

Steps:

• Stir together ingredients for the sauce and set aside.
• Trim the chicken of sinew and fat; and cut meat into 1/4" slices.
• Whisk together soy sauces and egg yolk, then stir in the potato/corn starch and 2 teaspoons peanut oil and add to the chicken; Set aside.
• Snip the peppers and discard seeds; cut the peppers into small pieces.
• Heat enough oil in wok to deep fry to 350F-400°F., and fry chicken in batches until golden, then drain.
• Use a different wok, or clean the one you fried in when oil cools enough to handle.
• Add 2 tablespoons of peanut oil and add hot peppers, cooking until they are fragrant but do not allow to burn (this can happen very quickly).
• Add the ginger and garlic, stir once, and add the sauce and stir until it thickens.
• Return the chicken to the wok and stir until it is coated evenly.
• At the very last, stir in the sesame oil and top with scallions, and serve at once with rice.

Steps:

• MARINATING: Put all marinade ingredients into resealable zip plastic bag; seal and rotate to mix.
• Cut chicken into thin bite-size strips (approximate 2"x1/4"x1"), cutting across the grain of the meat.
• Put chicken in marinade and rotate to evenly coat chicken.
• Marinate for 20 minutes, turning once after 10 minutes.
• Remove chicken from marinade and drain well in colander, discarding marinade.
• STIR-FRYING: In a hot wok or frying pan, heat the oil on high, adding half the chicken to the hot pan.
• Stir fry about 2 minutes until chicken browns.
• With slotted spoon, remove chicken from hot pan and set aside.
• Repeat with remaining chicken.
• ***If you are using (optional) spring onions, stir-fry them now for about 1 minute.
• In hot pan, stir fry chili peppers for 10 seconds, adding a little more oil if needed.
• FINISHING WITH SAUCE: Add sauce ingredients to hot pan and stir fry about 2-3 minutes, or until sauce is thickened.
• Add chicken just to heat it (if using, add cooked green onions now) and toss with sauce.
• Serve over hot white rice or fried rice.

Steps:

• For the marinade and sauce: Whisk hoisin, vinegar, soy sauce, sugar, cornstarchand water in bowl.
• Combine 6 tablespoons hoisin mixture and chicken in zipper-lock bag; refrigerate 30 minutes.
• Heat oil in large skillet over medium heat until shimmering.
• Cook garlic, ginger, and pepper flakes until fragrant, about 1 minute.
• Add 2 cups hoisin mixture and simmer, whisking constantly, until dark brown and thickened, about 2 minute.
• Cover and keep sauce warm.
• For coating and frying: Whisk egg whites in shallow dish until foamy.
• Combine cornstarch, flour, baking soda, and remaining hoisin mixture in second shallow dish until mixture resembles course meal.
• remove chicken from marinade and pat dry with aper towels.
• Toss half of the chicken with egg whites until well coated, then dredge chicken in cornstarch mixture, pressing to adhere.
• Transfer coated chicken to plate and repeat with remaining chicken.
• Heat oil in Dutch oven over medium-high heat until oil registers 350 degrees.
• Fry half of the chicken until golden brown, about 3 minutes, turning each piece halfway through cooking.
• Transfer chicken to paper towel-lined plate.
• Return oil to 350 degrees and repeat with remaining chicken.
• To serve: Warm sauce over medium-low heat until simmering, about 1 minute.
• Add crispy chicken and toss to coat.
• Serving over rice or noodles would be awesome!

Steps:

• Combine soy sauce, rice vinegar, water or chicken and cornstarch mixture, dry sherry, sesame oil, garlic and ginger; set aside. Combine egg and cornstarch mixture well.
• Add chicken and toss to coat. Heat oil until hot; fry chicken in batches until crisp and brown (do not crowd pan). Drain on paper towels.
• Pour off all but 2 teaspoons oil from pan.
• Add chilies and toss for a few seconds.
• Return chicken to pan with soy sauce mixture and cook until glazed (1 to 2 minutes). Add pea pods; cook 1 more minute. Serve immediately.
• If reheat ing, cut down on cooking time. Serves 6 to 8.