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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.
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.
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.
Chinese society greatly valued gastronomy, and developed an extensive study of the subject based on its traditional medical beliefs. Chinese culture initially centered around the North China Plain. The first domesticated crops seem to have been the foxtail and broomcorn varieties of millet, while rice was cultivated in the south. By 2000 BC ...
The person most commonly credited with first cooking the dish is Peng Chang-kuei -- and he originally created the dish in a different form.
General Tso may refer to: Tso Tsung-t'ang (1812–1885), Qing Dynasty military leader who suppressed the 1862–1877 Dungan Revolt; Tso Shih-hai (1870s–1945), Qing Dynasty, Republic of China, and Mengjiang general and official in Inner Mongolia; General Tso's chicken, dish popular in American Chinese restaurants, believed to be named for Tso ...
I was in a US Chinese restaurant some years ago which alleged on the menu that General Tso's chicken was so-named because it is diced chicken, and the general liked hacking his enemies to pieces as well. No kidding! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.246.125.126 18:37, 12 August 2014 (UTC) The article currently states: