General Tso's Chicken

I can't believe I haven't tried this recipe yet, but got it from Skinnytaste.com

I doubled the amounts.

Ingredients:

-2 lbs chicken breast - says to cut into bite-sized pieces, but I felt that it was difficult to flip, so recommend cutting chicken tenders in half for bigger pieces to flip

-1/2 cup soy sauce, divided

-1/2 cup cornstarch, divided (consider arrowroot)

-2 large egg whites

-2 inch piece of ginger

-4 cloves of garlic

-scallions, separate whites and greens

-2 cups reduced sodium chicken broth

-2 tsp sriracha sauce

-6 Tbsp hoisin

-sesame oil

-sesame seeds for garnish

-orange zest

-honey

-1 jalapeno, thinly sliced 

-1 red bell pepper, thinly sliced (julienned)

-1/4 red onion, thinly sliced

Directions:

1. Chop veggies - bell peppers, onions, jalapenos, scallions (set aside greens for garnish)

2. Cuisinart garlic and ginger.  

3. In a medium bowl, combine chicken, 1/4 cup (4 Tbsp) soy sauce, 6 Tbsp cornstarch, and egg whites.  Toss to combine.

4. Heat small sauce pot over medium heat.  Add 2 tsp sesame oil, ginger, garlic, scallion whites, jalapenos.  Sauté for 1 minute.

5. Mix 2 Tbsp corn starch with the chicken broth and whisk until clumps gone. Add to pot.

6. Add 1/4 cup soy sauce, sriracha (1 squirt), honey (1 squirt), and hoisin, orange zest. Whisk to combine.

7. Once thickened, turn heat low and keep warm. Add the bell peppers and onions to sauce.  

8. Heat a non-stick skillet over medium-high heat.  Add some sesame oil and chicken (don't crowd).  Cook chicken for 3-4 min or until browned on the edges.  Flip chicken and cook an additional 2-3 min or until cooked through.  Can do in batches if needed

9. Add sauce to the skillet and toss to coat

10.  Sprinkle with scallion greens and sesame seeds.

Notes:

Served with baked broccoli (with sesame oil, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, white pepper) and brown rice.

I didn't mix the corn starch with broth ahead of time and had clumps in the sauce to deal with.

Seemed like a lot of work, but tasted pretty good.  

I estimated honey - like 1-2 Tbsp - seemed to sweet, so cut out or add less next time.

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