General Tso Chicken Batter Recipe

General Tso’s Chicken December 3, 2020 18 comments By April King This post may contain affiliate links. We may earn money from the companies mentioned in this post.

This homemade General Tso’s Chicken is made with crispy pan fried chicken and coated in a sweet and slightly spicy sauce. A classic take-out dish that’s simple to make at home and tastes even better than your favorite Chinese restaurant.

My family loves Chinese food and I have set out to recreate all of our favorite dishes at home. General Tso’s Chicken is one of my favorite dishes to order at our local Chinese restaurant. I love the crispy chicken pieces coated in a sweet and slightly spicy sauce. This recipe is simple, tastes delicious, and was a huge hit with my husband and kids. If you love this Chinese chicken recipe, you are going to love our Homemade Orange Chicken, Teriyaki Chicken Rice Bowl, and our Asian Glazed Meatballs

Deb's General Tso's Chicken Recipe

No, you do not have to prepare crispy chicken by pan frying it. If you prefer a healthier version of this recipe, simply add 2 Tbsp. oil to a hot skillet and add cubed chicken. Cook Chicken breasts until brown and cooked through. Add the sauce to the skillet with cooked chicken pieces and simmer until sauce has thickened. Serve immediately with white or brown rice.

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Calories: 581 kcal Carbohydrates: 68.1 g Protein: 11.4 g Fat: 29.4 g Saturated Fat: 4.1 g Cholesterol: 16.3 mg Sodium: 794 mg Potassium: 48 mg Fiber: 1 g Sugar: 27.6 g Vitamin A: 10.7 IU Vitamin C: 1.1 mg Calcium: 9.7 mg Iron: 2.9 mg

Takeout General Tso's Chicken

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Hi I'm April! I've been married to my husband, Brent for 17 years, and we have 3 kids who keeps us on our toes. I love to create easy, simple, yet delicious family friendly recipes. If I'm not in the kitchen you can find me in the carpool lane, dance recitals, sitting on the football field, or chasing our busy toddler.My family loves Chinese food, and I’ve set out to recreate all their favorite recipes at home. I often make crab rangoon, chicken lettuce wraps and this irresistible crispy General Tso’s chicken.

General Tso’s chicken is one of my all time favorite Chinese food dishes. I love that it’s crispy, with a hint of sweet and a hint of spicy. I’ve started making this recipe at home when we’re craving Asian food, but don’t want to take the time to go to a restaurant. It’s been a huge hit, both with the kids and the adults!

Authentic General Tso's Chicken

This is one of my favorite Chinese entrees. When I want to make a Chinese food feast, I like to pair this chicken with some of my favorite appetizers like hot and sour soup, egg drop soup and cream cheese wontons. You also could serve this chicken with a flavorful side dish like beef lo mein or beef fried rice. Mix and match your own ultimate Chinese dinner!

When you make General Tso’s chicken you will need chicken thighs, eggs, flour, cornstarch, vegetable oil, sesame seeds, green onions, salt and pepper. For the sauce you will also need garlic, red pepper flakes, chicken broth, hoisin sauce, brown sugar and soy sauce.

This dish starts with cubes of chicken you season with salt and pepper and then batter with flour, cornstarch and eggs. Deep fry those chicken morsels until they are golden brown. Whisk together a sweet and savory sauce made with soy sauce, garlic, brown sugar, red chili flakes and hoisin sauce. Heat the sauce in a pan or skillet and toss the chicken in the sauce until it is coated. The final step is to add a sprinkle of sesame seeds and green onions, then serve and enjoy.

The Best General Tso Chicken

Be careful not to fry too many pieces of chicken at the same time to avoid the pieces sticking or clumping together. I typically fry batches of about 6-8 pieces at a time.

General Tso’s chicken is a popular Chinese entrée made with fried chicken pieces coated in a sweet and slightly spicy sauce. This chicken is similar to sesame chicken, but the sauce has a little more heat and a more complex savory flavor.

While, General Tso’s chicken and orange chicken are both delicious Chinese stir fries, they are very different dishes. They both have golden fried chicken pieces in a sweet sauce, but General Tso’s chicken has a more savory flavor relying on soy sauce, chili flakes and chicken broth. Orange chicken is sweeter, has orange juice in the sauce and has a lighter colored sauce.

Easy General Tso's Chicken Recipe [+video]

General Tso’s sauce is made of hoisin sauce, brown sugar, soy sauce and chicken broth with a little garlic, red pepper flakes, vegetable oil and cornstarch.

I love to make this sweet and spicy chicken at home. There is something about enjoying those crispy chicken pieces hot and coated with freshly made sauce that I can’t resist. Don’t bother with takeout and instead give this recipe a try!

This recipe for General Tso's chicken is battered crispy chicken pieces tossed in a sweet and spicy sauce. A take-out classic that's simple to make at home and even better than what you'd get in a restaurant!

General Tso's Chicken In The Instant Pot {paleo}

Calories: 365 kcal | Carbohydrates: 43 g | Protein: 26 g | Fat: 18 g | Saturated Fat: 2 g | Cholesterol: 162 mg | Sodium: 672 mg | Potassium: 442 mg | Sugar: 21 g | Vitamin A: 240 IU | Vitamin C: 21.5 mg | Calcium: 53 mg | Iron: 2.3 mgAfter years and years of trial and error, I am beyond thrilled to be finally sharing the BEST crispy General Tso’s chicken recipe. General Tso’s chicken has always been a favorite of mine but I am often so disappointed by the versions served up at my local restaurants. Either the flavor is off, the texture is mushy, it’s not spicy, etc. etc. The only good part about not having amazing asian restaurants in my neighborhood is the dedication I have to making really, really good Chinese/asian foods at home. The chicken in this recipe is extremely crispy, and the sauce is full of robust flavors from sweet, tangy, spicy, and salty. Your only regret will not be making more!

Chili peppers are the star of this recipe but it can be difficult to find whole dried chili peppers (which are always found in the takeout version of General Tso’s). I’ve found these at asian markets like H-Mart but didn’t have these on-hand when I took photos of this dish over the weekend. So instead, this combination works well as a comparable alternate: chilies in oil and dried red pepper flakes. I used an combination of the two, following the same quantities I’ve listed in the recipe. You can find chilies in oil in most grocery stores in the asian section of international aisle. If you can only find red pepper flakes, that can work as well.

Safety with frying is very important. Always use thermometers to monitor your heat to prevent it from smoking and getting too hot. Be sure to set up your fry station so that you have everything you need readily available and don’t need to run around and create a stressful moment. Lastly, be sure to read through all the steps and notes of the recipe to ensure you aren’t flying by the seat of your pants. Is there anything worse than being mid-way through a recipe and realizing you don’t have what is needed? I want to prevent you from wasting any of your time or money.

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For a landing station, I have found the best solution is a baking sheet lined with paper towels and topped with a cooling rack.

As I mentioned earlier, plan to have rice/sides ready by the time your dish will be ready. This chicken dish is not one you want sitting around in the pan. The batter will get goopy within minutes of touching the sauce.

I look forward to your questions and feedback below. Please be sure to tag me @ using hashtag # if you made this recipe and I will feature you on my story! Plus, I LOVE to see your baking accomplishments.

General Tso's Chicken

The perfect balance of sweet, salty, and seriously spicy, this General Tso's Chicken is better than any takeout Chinese food I've ever eaten and has taken me a decade to perfect! It's so good, you may want to double this recipe.

* Only add sauce to the amount of chicken that you plan to immediately serve. If you have leftover chicken, leave it un-sauced. So when you are ready to eat it, reheat chicken in the oven or air fryer and then toss in warm sauce. General