Crispy General Tso’s Chicken

Crispy General Tso's Chicken : Crispy fried chicken pieces coated in a glossy sweet, salty and lightly spicy sauce. The sauce comes together in 8 minutes.

• 4 servings
• Preparation 20 min
• Cooking 15 min
• Total 35 min
• Level medium
• Devices TM7 · TM6 · TM5

Ingredients : crispy general tso's chicken

• 700 g cubed chicken breasts
• 1 egg
• 60 g cornstarch
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 10 g fresh ginger
• 60 ml soy sauce
• 50 ml rice vinegar
• 60 g sugar
• 100 ml water
• 1 tsp red pepper flakes
• 400 ml frying oil

Preparation : crispy general tso's chicken

1. Coat the chicken cubes in beaten egg, then in 40 g cornstarch.
2. Put the garlic and ginger in the bowl and chop. 5 secspeed 7
3. Add the soy sauce, rice vinegar, sugar, water, pepper flakes and the remaining cornstarch mixed with a little water.
4. Cook the sauce until it thickens. 6 min90°Cspeed 2
5. Fry the chicken in small batches for 5 minutes, until golden, then drain.
6. Coat the chicken in the hot sauce and serve right away with rice and steamed broccoli.

Storage: 1 day in the refrigerator. The crust will be less crispy.

You can make this dish stress free with simple ingredients. Allow about 35 minutes in total. All settings (time, temperature, speed and rotation direction) work on the Thermomix TM5, TM6 and TM7. Follow the steps in order and the result will turn out well. You can also download the recipe as a PDF or copy it to Cookidoo and cook it right away.