How I optimized General Tso's Chicken for Busy Home Cooks (3 Methods)
General Tso’s Chicken is one of the most delicious dishes on the planet, except there’s a problem...no one makes it at home. So today, I want to change that. So in today’s video, we are going to compare take-out General Tso's to 3 different variations.
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0:00 Intro
1:02 Why General Tso's is tough for a weeknight
3:12 Breading Chicken
4:38 Option 1: Air Fried
6:02 How to make frozen Chicken Nuggets
7:59 Option 2: Air Fry from frozen
8:26 Option 3: Deep Fry from frozen.
9:10 General Tso's Sauce
12:12 Taste Test Comparison
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Chinese Takeout General Tso's Chicken Secrets Revealed
A comprehensive guide to classic Chinese takeout General Tso's chicken at home! General Tso chicken is one of the most popular dishes at every Chinese takeaway! Today, I’ll break down all the tips, tricks and techniques so you’ll be able to make this takeout classic at home even better than any takeaway restaurant you’ve ever been to! And for a fraction of the cost!
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Making General Tso's Chicken At Home | But Better
We went to Panda Express, PF Changs, Pei Wei, and many, many more only to find many places were clean out of General Tso's. We picked a select few, went head to head, and well... you'll just have to watch the video to see if our homemade General Tso's chicken was the true winner.
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General Tso's Chicken Recipe - How to make General Tso's Chicken
General Tso's Chicken Recipe - How to make General Tso's Chicken
General Tso's Chicken is one of my a favorite dishes. My recipe is easy to follow and the result will yield a restaurant quality cuisine. I hope you give this recipe a try. You won't be disappointed.
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⏲ CHAPTERS ⏲
00:00 - Intro
00:40 - Cut chicken
00:54 - Background on General Tso’s Chicken
01:43 - Marinate chicken
02:24 - Prepare chicken batter
03:24 - How do you know if your batter is the right consistency?
03:41 - Chop other ingredients
04:38 - Start heating oil for deep frying
04:55 - A quick primer on oils and smoke points
06:02 - How do you know if the oil is hot enough to fry?
07:44 - Create sauce mix
08:41 - Mix chicken with batter and start frying
10:32 - Remove chicken from wok #1
11:45 - Deep fry chicken #2
12:23 - Cook the sauce + flavors
13:58 - My thoughts on discrimination, authentic cuisine
17:41 - Has dad tried General Tso’s Chicken back in China?
18:20 - More on why we fry the chicken twice
19:02 - My parents’ stories on not having cooking oil in China
20:09 - Can you reuse the oil for later?
21:06 - Life lessons for Cam Cam
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General TSO Chicken Recipe By Food Fusion (Ramzan Special)
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00:00 General TSO Chicken
Serves 3-4
Recipe in English:
Ingredients:
-Chicken fillets ½ kg
-Namak (Salt) ½ tsp or to taste
-Kali mirch powder (Black pepper powder) ½ tsp
-Soy sauce 1 tsp
-Maida (All-purpose flour) ½ Cup
-Cornflour ¼ Cup
-Safed mirch powder (White pepper powder) ¼ tsp
-Baking soda 1 pinch
-Anday ki safedi (Egg whites) 2
-Water 2-3 tbs
-Cooking oil for frying
-Cooking oil 1-2 tbs
-Lehsan (Garlic) chopped 1 tbs
-Adrak (Ginger) chopped ½ tbs
-Dried red chillies sliced 3-4
-Chicken stock 1 Cup
-Brown sugar powdered 3 tbs
-Soy sauce 2 tbs
-Rice vinegar 2 tbs (substitute: Vinegar (Sirka) 2 tbs)
-Hot sauce 3 tbs
-Dark soy sauce 1 tsp
-Namak (Salt) ½ tsp or to taste
-Safed mirch powder (White pepper powder) ½ tsp
-Cornflour 1 & ½ tsp
-Water 2 tbs or as required
-Dried red chilli 2
-Safed til (Sesame seeds)
-Hara pyaz (Green onion) leaves
Directions:
-Cut chicken into small cubes.
-In a bowl,add chicken,salt,black pepper powder,soy sauce & mix well,cover & marinate for 15 minutes.
-Add all-purpose flour,cornflour,white pepper powder,baking soda,egg whites & mix well.
-Add water & mix well.
-In a wok,heat cooking oil and fry marinated chicken on medium flame for 2-3 minutes & take out from oil & rest for 3 minutes.
-Heat up oil and fry again on high flame until golden brown & set aside for later use.
-In a wok,add cooking oil,garlic,ginger,dried red chillies & fry until light golden.
-Add chicken stock,brown sugar,soy sauce,rice vinegar,hot sauce,dark soy sauce,salt,white pepper powder,mix well & bring it to boil.
-In cornflour,add water and whisk well.
-Now add dissolved cornflour,mix well & cook until thickens (1-2 minutes).
-Now add fried chicken,mix well & cook for a minute.
-Add dried red chilli and mix well.
-Garnish with sesame seeds,green onion leaves & serve with fried rice.
Recipe in Urdu:
Ajza:
-Chicken fillets ½ kg
-Namak (Salt) ½ tsp or to taste
-Kali mirch powder (Black pepper powder) ½ tsp
-Soy sauce 1 tsp
-Maida (All-purpose flour) ½ Cup
-Cornflour ¼ Cup
-Safed mirch powder (White pepper powder) ¼ tsp
-Baking soda 1 pinch
-Anday ki safedi (Egg whites) 2
-Water 2-3 tbs
-Cooking oil for frying
-Cooking oil 1-2 tbs
-Lehsan (Garlic) chopped 1 tbs
-Adrak (Ginger) chopped ½ tbs
-Dried red chillies sliced 3-4
-Chicken stock 1 Cup
-Brown sugar powdered 3 tbs
-Soy sauce 2 tbs
-Rice vinegar 2 tbs (substitute: Vinegar (Sirka) 2 tbs)
-Hot sauce 3 tbs
-Dark soy sauce 1 tsp
-Namak (Salt) ½ tsp or to taste
-Safed mirch powder (White pepper powder) ½ tsp
-Cornflour 1 & ½ tsp
-Water 2 tbs or as required
-Dried red chilli 2
-Safed til (Sesame seeds)
-Hara pyaz (Green onion) leaves
Directions:
-Chicken fillets ko small cubes mein cut ker lein.
-Bowl mein chicken,namak,kali mirch powder aur soy sauce dal ker ache tarhan mix karein aur dhak ker 15 minutes kliya marinate ker lein.
-Maida,cornflour,safed mirch powder,baking soda aur anday ki safedi dal ker ache tarhan mix ker lein.
-Pani dal ker ache tarhan mix karein.
-Karahi mein cooking oil garam karein aur marinated chicken ko darmiyani ancch per 2-3 minutes kliya fry ker lein aur oil sa bahir nikal lein aur 3 minutes kliya rest dein.
-Oil ko garam ker lein aur tez ancch per dubara golden brown hunay tak fry ker lein & side per rakh dein.
-Karahi mein cooking oil,lehsan,adrak aur dried red chilles dal ker light golden hunay tak fry ker lein.
-Chicken stock,brown sugar,soy sauce,rice vinegar,hot sauce,dark soy sauce,namak aur safed mirch powder dal ker ache tarhan mix karein aur ubal anay dein.
-Cornflour mein pani dal ker ache tarhan whisk ker lein.
-Ab dissolved cornflour dal ker ache tarhan mix karein aur garha ho janay tak paka lein (1-2 minutes).
-Ab fried chicken dal ker ache tarhan mix karein aur ek minute kliya paka lein.
-Dried red chilli dal ker mix ker lein.
-Safed til aur hara pyaz leaves sa garnish karein aur fried rice ka saath serve karein!