General Tso's Chicken

original post: http://greedygirlcooks.blogspot.com/2016/02/general-tsos-chicken.html

Ingredients

Oil to fry chicken

2 boneless chicken breasts

To Season chicken

½ teaspoon Salt

¼ teaspoon Black pepper

¼ teaspoon Paprika

¼ teaspoon Cayenne pepper

1 teaspoon Sesame oil

For Breading

1 ½ cup Flour

1 cup Corn starch

1 cup Milk

2 Eggs

Sauce

3 tablespoon Sesame oil

½ cup chopped Onion

4-5 Chili peppers

½ cup Broccoli tops

¼ cup Palm nectar

2 tablespoon Hoisin sauce

1 teaspoon Mushroom soy sauce

Instructions

• Cut the chicken breast into even 1 inch cubes
• Season chicken breast with salt, black pepper, paprika cayenne pepper and sesame oil
• In a bag combine flour and corn starch
• In a bowl whisk together the eggs and milk
• Place the seasoned chicken in the flour mixture and shake to combine evenly
• Shake off the excess flour and place the chicken breasts into the egg mixture
• Remove from the egg mixture and add back to the flour
• Heat some oil in a wok or deep frying pan
• Remove from the flour and Fry the chicken to a golden brown in the hot oil making sure to continually flip and stir the chicken in order to avoid burning
• One golden brown and crispy remove from the hot oil and set aside
• For the sauce
• In a clean wok add sesame oil
• Sauté the onion and chili peppers very quickly, add the broccoli
• Add the palm nectar, hoisin sauce, mushroom soy sauce and allow it to thicken and bubble
• Turn off the heat and add the chicken back to the sauce and completely coat each chicken breast then serve.