#General tao crack#

Add the chicken to the marinade and let rest for 15-20 minutes.

Mix together the kosher salt, Szechuan pepper and Chinese rice wine in a bowl.

Trim your chicken thighs and cut into one inch bite size pieces.

If you feel in heaven after the first bite, then you’ve beaten take out and have done the best general tao chicken recipe right! It’s a balance between soy sauce, rice cooking wine, rice vinegar, brown sugar, sesame oil with chicken broth and corn starch to get the right thickness to glaze the chicken properly.Ĭombine this sauce with sautéed green onions, garlic, chilies and ginger, and you’re in business! The perfect sauce is tangy, salty, spicy, sweet and sour. This is where the batter darkens a bit and becomes extra crispy. Then, you let your pieces rest on an elevate tray and fry them again at around 390F.

The key here is to cook your chicken during the first time your fry it at around 350F temperature for about 3-4 minutes. Cover with flour with excess removed by tapping it on the side of your dish.Make an egg bath with beaten eggs and cover the chicken with excess removed.To do so, pat dry your chicken and follow these steps for each of your chicken pieces: The next step is to double dredge your chicken which will help making it crispier when frying, which is what makes a perfect general tao chicken! Marinade your your chicken thigh bite sized pieces for 15-20 minutes. Crispy Chickenįirst, make a marinade with kosher salt, ground Szechuan pepper and Chinese rice wine to imbue some flavor. Gimme some more! There are two key things that need to be executed right to get this recipe right: the crispy chicken & the perfect sauce. Boy was it worth the effort! It was everything great I remember from the first time I had it: Delicious crispy chicken in a tangy and spicy sauce on a bed of white rice.

#General tao crack#

I figured I had to crack that nut and make one of my own. I recently ordered Chinese takeout and the general tao chicken I had was so disappointing. General Tao Chicken This general tao chicken recipe rings with Chinese take out!