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Two Chinese chefs, Peng Chang-kuei and T.T. Wang, each claimed to have invented General Tso's chicken. The two claims may be somewhat reconciled in that the current General Tso's chicken recipe — where the meat is crispy fried — was introduced by Wang under the name "General Ching's chicken", a name which still has trace appearances on menus on the Internet (the identity of its namesake ...
Lee says that both "General Tso's chicken and Orange Chicken are Americanized mutations of sweet and sour dishes found in China." [ 1 ] Orange chicken has also entered the menus of the mainstream U.S. by being served in school cafeterias, [ 4 ] and in military bases' chow halls, [ 5 ] and also found in the supermarket frozen meal aisle.
The dish involves chicken (usually thigh) pieces that are de-boned, battered and Chinese deep-fried, then dressed with a translucent, reddish-brown, semi-thick, somewhat sweet sauce made from corn starch, vinegar, wine or sake, chicken broth and sugar, the last of which is a major contributor to sesame chicken's relative sweetness.
General Tso, known more formally as Zuo Zongtang, or Tso Tsung-t'ang, was one of China's greatest military leaders. Born in 1812 in Hsiangyin, Hunan, it was certain Zuo would achieve greatness.
Steve went for the Dragon & Phoenix ($14.95) chef's special, featuring shrimp with mixed vegetables in a brown sauce and a sizable serving of General Tso's deep-fried chicken in a spicy orange sauce.
The dipping sauce for this dish is soy sauce which often is spiced with dried chili flakes. This particular version was fried to give it a crispy texture. Khanom Tokyo: ขนมโตเกียว Literally translated it means "Tokyo cake", it is a Thai style crêpe wrapped around a hot dog and sweet chili sauce. The chili sauce can also be ...
For example, I just did a search on Foodler for "General Gau's Chicken" and came up with ~30 hits for delivery options (3 pages worth), vs only 6 hits for "General Tso's Chicken." (I also don't think this is important enough to be in the article, just providing another point of view on the topic...) 76.119.236.24 ( talk ) 17:47, 19 May 2010 ...
Butter chicken is an Indian dish made with mildly spiced tomato sauce. Karaage, a Japanese dish Chicken noodle soup Buldak is a Korean dish made from heavily spiced chicken. [3] Marinated barbecue chicken Cooking of chicken tabaka, a traditional Georgian dish Coq au vin is a French dish of chicken braised with wine, lardons, mushrooms, and ...