Chinese Takeout General Tso’s Chicken
I’m back with another Chinese Takeout recipe! If you haven’t noticed I have a crush on Chinese takeout, but not so much on the ingredients that sometimes can be added in the restaurant kitchen.
Some past recipes I’ve made that are Chinese inspired:
Chinese Takeout Chicken and Broccoli
Egg Drop Soup with Sugar Snap Peas and Greens
Chinese Vegetable Noodle Soup
Chicken and Broccoli In White Sauce
Homemade Chinese Pork Wonton Soup
Chinese Takeout Chop Suey
Hot and Sour Udon Noodle Soup
I love it!
I also love the comments that the Chicken and Broccoli recipe gets. Nothing makes me happier seeing a new comment that someone made it for dinner and loved it. It makes my Chinese Takeout loving heart so happy!
So after I completed the Chicken and Broccoli recipe I had one more on my “Must Master” list. That was General Tso’s Chicken. How do they make it so good? How does the sauce stay on so well? How do you keep the chicken crispy with the sauce? How do you get a hint of spice? I must have tried to make this dish a million times (ok not that much, but you get the idea) and every time it just didn’t turn out right. Then finally I got it! It was a beautiful moment. I cheered, I cried, I ate it, I made it again and ate more. I love this General Tso’s Chicken! Finally… you can have the takeout version at home! No wok required!
Chinese Takeout General Tso's Chicken
Ingredients
- 1 pound boneless chicken breast - cut up into bite size pieces.
- 3 eggs beaten
- 1/2 cup cornstarch
- 6 teaspoons cornstarch
- 8 tablespoons rice wine
- 5 tablespoons sugar
- 9 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 teaspoons chopped red chilies
- vegetable oil to fry
Instructions
- In a bowl mix 1/2 cup of cornstarch with eggs. Add chicken and mix to coat.
- In a small bowl mix 6 teaspoons cornstarch, rice wine, sugar and soy sauce.
- Heat 1-2 inches of vegetable oil in a large pan to medium heat (use a thermometer to get it to 350 degrees).
- Carefully add the chicken and fry just long enough until it's cooked.
- Remove the chicken carefully to paper towel to let sit and absorb grease.
- Leave two tablespoons of vegetable oil in pan, remove the rest.
- Add chopped red chilies to pan and fry until fragrant.
- Return the chicken to the pan and stir fry until crispy brown.
- Add sauce mixture and toss with chicken to coat and turn into a glaze (about 1 minute).
- Serve over rice with steamed broccoli.
This chicken looks absolutely fantastic!!! I would love this for dinner tonight!
I love this, Pamela! I adore re-making typical take-out food at home! This looks so good, with that wonderful thick sauce, and I love a short ingredient list. I’d definitely have this with a heap of broccoli, too. I’m back in love with it these days.
Yeap, it looks just right! Juicy, moist and very tasty! Bravo! 🙂 ela
Oh my gosh you are my hero. I’m so happy right now that I can make General Tsos at home!!!!
I haven’t had General Tso’s chicken in ages and now you have me craving it. This homemade version looks so perfect and definitely better than take-out!
Oh, this is going on the menu for dinner…tonight! Love your photos…the sauce looks divine. Mmm. Thanks for sharing and have a great week, Pamela!
I love General Tso’s chicken! Are these fresh red chili or dried? The ones I get from my favorite Chinese restaurant has dried chili in them. Seriously can’t wait to make this!
Hey Jamie! I used frozen mild chili cubes, so I think dried or frozen would be a great way to go!
I love making Chinese food at home – it’s so much healthier and I find it tastes better too…not to mention I don’t feel like total crap after I eat it! This recipe looks fantastic!
Love these kind of meals, fast and easy and so full of flavor. Thanks for sharing!
Pamela – you make it seem so so easy! General Tso’s Chicken is my all time fav and I never thought I could replicate it – but now thanks to you – it’s a possibility! Thank YOU!!!!
This is great. Sometimes you really just need some good takeout food 🙂
I love general tso’s chicken. This will be made in my kitchen soon. Thanks!
Sounds scrumptious Pamela! I love that you were so persistent to get it right!
Looks yummy, my hubby loves General Tso’s chicken!
I love making take-out meals at home! We love general tso’s chicken at our house and I am definitely going to have to try this out!!
This looks so good! And not at all skeevy which is the reaction I tend to have to Chinese takeout, because who knows what’s in it. Yay for homemade versions!
Yeah….this looks amazing! And I don’t even like Chinese Takeout…I’m a Thai or Indian kind of girl. Pinned!!!!
Oh yum! Takeout fakeout recipes are the best, especially when it comes to Chinese food. Your version of General Tso’s Chicken looks mouthwatering!!!
This looks amazing – and we love love love General Tso’s Chicken! So glad you nailed it so we can all enjoy it! 🙂 Heart is singing a happy dance!
Yay! Love general tsos chicken and your homemade version looks perfect! Now I am craving Chinese food 🙂
Pamela! You’re amazing! This looks so scrumptious.
You’re like my go-to chinese take-out whiz!
The hubby would love this he always orders this when we go out for Chinese. Definitely going to have to try to tackle this for him.
This is one of our favorites when it comes to Chinese take-out. I need to give your version a try. It looks sticky and tasty!
I cannot WAIT to try this! A few weeks ago, I bought some Asian chilis, with no idea what I was going to do with them. They’ve just been hanging out in my fridge, waiting for me to get some inspiration. Thanks for providing it. Seriously, I’m super excited to try this!!!
Wow! So going to make this! Delicious!
My stomach started growing as I scrolled through this post — this looks so delicious, Pamela, and I need to make it very soon! Pinning. 🙂
I have had an intense Chinese food craving for the last week or two and this just intensified it. BUt now that I know I can make it at home…I know what I’m having for dinner!
This looks incredible Pamela! We love general tso’s chicken especially my husband and he would polish this whole plate off in no time 🙂
I can smell it right now! I swear! And it smells so good!
Oh YUM. Can you come over and make this for me for dinner, please? Kthanksbye. 🙂
Clearly we are chinese takeout twins because I just posted one too haha! These looks so good – whenever I bought it from those lunch time restaurants THIS is the chicken I would have, and your photos look so beautiful!
We don’t get General Tso”s chicken over here, but it sure seems like I’m missing out! Thankfully you’ve done all the necessary testing for us to get it just right (thank you!), so I think I’d better pin this fast!
You certainly have quite the collection of chinese recipes! This one is making me salivate! General Tsos is very popular in our family 🙂
Ooooo I love a good Chinese recipe! This one looks incredible!
I didn’t realize you had so many takeout recipes! I am going to have to check them all out 🙂 Lately Chinese takeout just tastes like pure salt to me, yuck.