General Tso Chicken Recipe

Ingredients

• 🍗For Chicken
• 🍗2.5lbs Boneless Chicken Thighs
• •2 tsp Ground ginger (Divided in two)
• 🧅2 tsp Onion powder (divided in two)
• 🧄2 tsp Garlic powder (divided in two)
• 🧂2 tsp Salt (divided into two)
• 🧂2 tsp Pepper (divided in two)
• 🌽1 cup Corn starch
• •1 cup All-Purpose Flour
• 🥚2 Eggs
• •Splash of fresh orange juice
• 🍗Orange Chicken Sauce
• •Juice of 2 oranges
• •1 tsp Orange zest
• •1/4 cup Brown Sugar
• •2/3 cup Granulated Sugar
• •1 tsp Fresh grated ginger
• 🧄4 cloves of minced garlic
• •1/2 cup Soy sauce
• •2 tbsp Rice Vinegar
• 🌽1/2 tsp Corn starch
• •2 tbsp Water
• 🫒Oil for frying

Instructions

1. 1Cut your chicken into bite size cubes. In a bowl combine flour, cornstarch, half of your salt, pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, ground ginger (1tsp) and mix together. In another bowl whisk together eggs, splash of orange juice, and the remaining half of your seasonings.
2. 2Heat oil for frying to 350 degrees. Place chicken in egg mixture, the coat in flour and cornstarch mixture. Fry until golden brown, cut a piece of chicken open to make sure it’s fully cooked. About 5-7 minutes
3. 3Whole chicken is frying make your sauce. Add everything in a pot but the cornstarch and water. Cook on a medium high heat until a soft boil, mixing to make sure all the sugar is dissolved. Once the sugar is dissolved, in a separate cup add the water and cornstarch (Slurry) and mix. You’re going to slowly pour the slurry into the mixture while whisking, pour half first. The sauce should be a syrup thick consistency so you may not need all of the slurry, add little at a time.
4. 4Once the sauce and chicken are done cooking, place chicken in a bowl and pour sauce over chicken. Mixing until the sauce covers all the chicken.