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About the Recipe: How many times did you wish that you could make that oh, so delicious dish you enjoyed at a restaurant? General Tso’s Chicken is one of those recipes and appears on the menu of most Chinese restaurants. We tried to reduce the salt and yet keep the vibrant Chinese flavors and used an air fryer to reduce the fat calories but not the chicken crispiness. For an at-home restaurant treat, enjoy making your own General Tso’s Chicken.
Recipe Inspired by multiple recipes on the Internet.
For a General Tso’s Tofu recipe: See Maggie Zhu, Chinese Homestyle, p. 66. – Quarto Publishing Group, Inc.
Cook’s Note: I prepared the sauce and the topping ahead of time, which made the recipe easy to make for dinner. Watch out when making the sauce as the purchased red chili oil is hot, making the sauce very hot and spicy, even when I used only 1/2 Tablespoon. We did like adding some chili crisp to the recipe. The classic recipe uses 1/2 cup Sichuan pickled greens or 2 Tbsp. black bean sauce in the “meat” topping, which I didn’t add. The vegetarian “meat” topping was delicious and provided a general amount, so leftovers could be used for other recipes like won ton wrappers.
To Serve: Divide noodles among individual serving bowls. Spoon on some sauce; add topping and leafy greens or toss noodles with sauce to coat and serve remaining sauce separately. Garnish dish with reserved mushrooms and green onions. Serve with crushed peanuts in a small bowl. Serve hot or cold.
Serves: 4 to 6
pdf for Copy of Recipe – General Tso’s Air-fryer Chicken Dinner
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