General Tso Chicken
Servings 4
Ingredients
- 500 g Chicken Thighs Boneless & Skinless
- Salt & Pepper To taste
- 2 tbsp Soy Sauce
- 1 tbsp Rice Wine Vinegar
- 1/2 tbsp Sesame Oil
- 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
- 1 Egg Medium
- Psyllium Husk As required
- 10 g Garlic
- 10 g Ginger
- 6 Dried Red Chillies
- 50 g Spring Onion Cut the greens for garnish
- 200 ml Chicken stock
- Stevia or preferred sweetener to taste
- 1/2 tsp Sesame Seeds
Instructions
- Dice chicken thighs.
- In a bowl, season chicken with salt & pepper.
- Add to the bowl: 1/2 tbsp soy sauce, 1/2 tbsp rice wine vinegar, 1/2 tsp sesame oil, baking powder & 1 medium egg, mix well.
- Allow to marinate for 30 mins.
- Coat chicken with psyllium husk.
- Shallow fry for 3-4 minutes, until chicken is cooked through. Set aside on kitchen roll to soak up any excess oil.
- In a skillet, fry garlic, ginger, chillies and spring onion.
- Once garlic is starting to brown, add chicken stock and the remaining 1/2 tbsp vinegar & 1 1/2 tbsp soy sauce.
- Add sweetner to taste and reduce until syrup like.
- Once reduced, add in the chicken and mix well.
- Garnish with greens from spring onion & sesame seed.
- Serve with side dish of your choice (I used Barenaked Rice done as an egg fried rice)
Callout
- If you like a lot of sauce, double the sauce recipe and once it's reduced, remove half and set aside. Then pour over once served.
Notes
Adapted from Headbanger's Kitchen
