General Tso's Chicken

Preparation Time: 10 minutes 

Cook Time: 15 minutes 

Serves: 3-4

Ingredients:

To marinate:

Chicken: 500 gms

Egg : 1 

Corn starch/flour : 1/4 cup 

Black pepper grounded:1/2 tsp 

Baking Soda : 1 tsp 

Salt to taste 

For Sauce:

Red chili paste : 1.5 tbsp

Soy sauce: 1 tbsp 

Rice vinegar: 2 tbsp 

Corn starch/flour: 1 tsp 

Chicken or Vegetable stock: 1/4 cup (you can use water if you don't have stock).

Others:

Oil : 1 tsp

Red hot oil : 3 tbsp 

Dry red chilies: 6-7

Garlic: 4 cloves minced.

Method:

Take all the ingredients under marinate and rest it for 10-15 minutes.

Heat oil for deep frying and fry the chicken in 2-3 batches until the chicken is golden brown.

Heat oil and hot oil in a pan, add red chilies and sauté for 30 seconds. Add garlic and sauté for 10 seconds. Add the sauce and mix well. Cook for 1 minute and add the fried chicken, toss well and turn off the heat.

Serve hot with white or brown rice.