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Sabrina Snyder is a professionally trained personal and private chef of over 10 years who is the creator and developer of all the recipes on Dinner, then Dessert. She creates all the recipes here on Dinner, then Dessert, fueled in no small part by her love for bacon. Sabrina is a professionally trained Private Chef of over 10 years with ServSafe Manager certification in food safety. Step Three: Once the chicken is done cooking, you can add it directly to the sauce and serve hot!.Stir it up and let it thicken and get nice and hot. Step Two: While the chicken cooks, modify the recipe only in frying the garlic and ginger and pepper flakes and then adding in the already made sauce.Cook in batches to ensure a crispy chicken. Set a time and flip the chicken over at the 4 minute mark to cook both sides. In a single layer in the air fryer, spray the top with a light coat of cooking oil and cook on 400✯ for 8 minutes. Using this method, prepare the chicken by coating in the cornstarch. This is actually a great way to cook the chicken to a perfect crisp while working on another dish for the meal. Step One: You can easily cook the chicken in the air fryer.If you would like more spice, just add double the chili flakes, or substitute with Sriracha which is a spicy sauce. Pepper Flakes: If the chili is too spicy, you can easily keep it out without compromising flavor.Cornstarch: This thickener can be substituted with arrowroot powder, tapioca starch, or wheat flour.However, if it simply cannot be found, you can get a similar flavor with plum sauce, tamari sauce, or garlic teriyaki. Hoisin Sauce: This distinctive semi-sweet sauce shouldn’t be substituted, for best taste.Every time you make a substitution it is going to taste less like what you remember ordering out. Rice Vinegar: It can be tempting to swap out items, like white vinegar or white wine vinegar for rice vinegar.You can also add a tablespoon of sesame oil while frying for extra flavor. Oil: You can use vegetable oil, peanut oil, or canola oil for deep frying your chicken.A little sprinkling of sesame seeds, chopped chives or even red chili pepper will instantly add flair to your meal. You’ll immediately recognize the flavor when you try it and the one bottle will make many delicious dishes. This fermented soybean-based sauce is traditionally made with Chinese five spice blend for a distinctive flavor beloved by many. It has an awesome depth of flavor and is sometimes referred to as Asian BBQ sauce. Hoisin Sauce: This is a staple Asian pantry item.Rice Vinegar: Rice vinegar is a pretty inexpensive vinegar in the grocery store and an amazing flavor boost for salads as well as many Asian recipes.But you can use skinless chicken breasts, or even chicken tenders. Chicken: We’re using boneless, skinless chicken thighs in the recipe.Enjoy!Įverything can easily be found at your local grocery store or Asian market. Step Five: Finally, add in the chicken pieces and then the sauce mixture.Step Four: With most of the oil drained from the pan, put in the fresh ginger and garlic and pepper flakes and cook on medium heat until fragrant.Don’t put the crispy chicken directly on paper towel or it will get too soggy. Set to the side in a colander or other strainer and place that on paper towel to collect the dripping oil. Step Three: Fry the chicken in batches in a deep skillet on medium-high heat until they are golden brown on all sides.

Step Two: Mix the sauce together and set to the side to thicken while you cook the chicken and get a crispy coating.

Let each piece of chicken sit while you make the sauce.

Step One: Coat chicken in the cornstarch mixture.

This is such an easy dish to make, and is so flavorful, your family will want you to make it time and time again! Check it out! When you’re ready to serve your chicken, you’ll want to make sure you have plenty of white rice, brown rice, or a noodle dish, like Chow Mein. Also, the addition of the hoisin sauce may seem small and you may want to skip it because it isn’t a normal pantry item unless you are used to doing Asian cooking, but the flavor is that specific General Tso’s Chicken flavor that you’ll miss without it. You can definitely do a thicker typical breading if you would like, like what is done in our Orange Chicken recipe. These are all eliminated by going to a simple cornstarch coating. Other General Tso’s Chicken recipes can sometimes have cooking directions that are really complicated and with many different breading steps.