General Tso's Chicken

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Appears in Cook's Country February/March 2008

This glazed fried chicken dish is a favorite in Chinese American restaurants, and our version lives up to the promise of flavorful, crispy, tender chicken.

SERVES 4

TIME 1 hour, plus 30 minutes marinating

General Tso's Chicken

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

The appeal of General Tso’s chicken is easy to see: Boneless chicken pieces are marinated in soy sauce, battered, and deep-fried to a crispy brown before being coated with a sweet-hot sauce made with dried chiles, more soy sauce, sugar, vin...

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