General Tso’s Chicken

Ingredients:

• 1 pound chicken thighs cut into 1 inch chunks
• 1/4 cup cornstarch
• oil for frying
• 1 tablespoon minced ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon red chili flakes
• 2 cloves garlic minced

For the Sauce:

• 3 tablespoons rice vinegar
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 teaspoons hoisin sauce
• 1/4 cup water
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 3 drops of 2nd Dimension hot sauce or another hot sauce extract (this can be skipped if you can't handle a little heat)
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch

Other:

• Rice
• Green onions
• Sesame seeds

Directions:

• Start 2 cups of rice.
• Toss the chicken thighs with the quarter cup of cornstarch and let sit while you mix the sauce ingredients.
• Created the sauce by adding the rice vinegar, soy sauce, hoisin sauce, water, sugar, hot sauce and tablespoon of cornstarch in a small bowl and whisk together.
• When the rice is ready, add the chicken to a pan with the oil and fry until crispy, 2-3 minutes.
• Remove chicken from the pan and drain all but a tablespoon of the oil and add the chili flakes, ginger and garlic. Cook until you smell the garlic (about 30 seconds).
• Add in the chicken and toss, then add in the sauce. Stir for about 30-90 seconds until thickened.
• Serve immediately on top of rice then garnished with sesame seeds and green onions.

Notes:

• Servings: 2
• Time: 20-30 minutes
• Original Recipe From Dinner Then Dessert:
  • https://dinnerthendessert.com/general-tsos-chicken/
• 2nd-Dimension Hot Sauce
  • This hot sauce extract is made with 40lbs of ghost peppers.
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