Description
General Tso’s Chicken is a delightful Chinese-American favorite featuring crispy chicken pieces enveloped in a sweet and spicy sauce. This homemade version brings restaurant-quality flavors straight to your kitchen, making it perfect for weeknight dinners or impressing guests. With tender chicken, aromatic garlic, and zesty ginger, each bite promises an explosion of flavor that will leave everyone craving more!
Ingredients
Scale
- 3–4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (cut into bite-sized pieces)
- 2–3 cloves fresh garlic (minced)
- 1 tbsp fresh ginger (minced)
- ½ cup cornstarch
- ¼ cup low-sodium soy sauce
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- 2 tbsp rice vinegar
- Oil for frying
Instructions
- Prepare your ingredients by chopping the chicken and mincing the garlic and ginger.
- Toss the chicken pieces in cornstarch until well-coated.
- Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
- Fry the chicken in batches until golden brown (approximately 4 minutes per batch). Drain on paper towels.
- In the same skillet, sauté garlic and ginger until fragrant, then add soy sauce, brown sugar, and rice vinegar. Simmer for 2 minutes.
- Return fried chicken to the skillet and toss until evenly glazed. Serve hot over rice or with steamed vegetables.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Main
- Method: Frying
- Cuisine: Chinese-American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 320
- Sugar: 11g
- Sodium: 620mg
- Fat: 14g
- Saturated Fat: 2g
- Unsaturated Fat: 9g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 30g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 23g
- Cholesterol: 80mg