General Tso's Chicken

Being a cutie!

Going shopping!

Wearing blue in honor of a friend whose baby passed away. He was 3 months old just like my Zara and it really hit hard for me and our Facebook November Love group. It was a sad week.

Last Wednesday I made some General Tso's Chicken. It was soooooo freakin good! 

First I took a pound of chicken thighs and trimmed them of the fat and cubed into bite sized pieces. Put them in a bowl and poured a tablespoon of Sherry wine.

In a bowl I made the sauce. 3 tbls of rice wine vinegar.

3 tbls of soy sauce

1tsp of hoisin sauce.

1/4 a cup of water.

2 1/2 tbls of sugar.

1 large tbls of cornstarch.

Then I put 1/3 a cup of cornstarch over the chicken pieces and mixed well.

Put vegetable oil in a small shallow pot over medium high heat and fried all of the chicken pieces in batches till browned and crispy.

For the fried rice I started with half a small onion chopped in a medium wok over high heat.

Once softened I added 3 cloves of garlic chopped and 1 inch of ginger grated.

After those softened I put in a large carrot sliced in half moons.

I let the carrots cook down till they were soft and moved them to the side to put in 3 eggs that were scrambled first.

When the eggs were cooked but still wet I added 3 cups of cold rice that I had cooked earlier in the day and put in the fridge uncovered to dry out.

Mixed and let "fry" for a good few minutes without mixing. Then added 1 1/2 tbls of soy sauce and 1 tbls of oyster sauce. Mixed then served.

For the general Tso's sauce I put in 2 cloves of garlic chopped, half an inch of ginger grated, and 5 dried chili peppers. Stirred till fragrant.

Poured in the sauce.

Let bubble and thicken.

When thick and glossy I put the fried chicken bites in and stirred them to coat with the sauce.

Plated and topped with sliced green onions.