General Tso’s Chicken

Name: General Tso’s Chicken
Ingredients: 2 pounds (910 g) boneless, skinless chicken breast, cut into bite-size cubes; 2 pounds (910 g) boneless, skinless chicken breast, cut into bite-size cubes; ½ cup (120 ml) soy sauce, divided; ½ cup (120 ml) mirin or rice wine, divided; ½ cup (120 ml) mirin or rice wine, divided; ½ cup (65 g) plus ½ tablespoon (4 g) cornstarch; 2 tablespoons (30 ml) vegetable or canola oil plus additional oil for spraying; 2 tablespoons (30 ml) vegetable or canola oil plus additional oil for spraying; 2 tablespoons (30 ml) vegetable or canola oil plus additional oil for spraying; 2 cloves garlic, minced; 1 tablespoon (8 g) grated fresh ginger; 12 dried red chiles; ¼ cup (60 ml) rice vinegar; ¼ cup (50 g) granulated sugar; 2 teaspoons hoisin sauce (optional); 2 scallions, white and light green part only, sliced; 1 teaspoon sesame seeds

Preparation info

Yield: Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Epic Air Fryer Cookbook

By Emily Paster

Published 2019

About

Who doesn’t love crunchy, spicy-sweet General Tso’s Chicken? I never go out for Chinese food without ordering some. This air-fried version has all the crunch and spicy flavor of the original but with a fraction of the fat and calories, especially because we use boneless, skinless chicken breast for the meat. Do not be tempted to dredge all of the chicken in the cornstarch at once. It will start to get soggy while it sits. Instead, work in batches and dredge the chicken pieces in cornstarch

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