General Tso's Chicken #2 Recipe

Ingredients

Directions

1. Wow, with over a dozen Chinese or Oriental cookbooks, I had a hard time finding this recipe! It is probably called something else (like spicy fried chicken) and I really do have a dozen recipes.
2. This one is from _Elegant_ Entertaining_Cookbook_ by Myra Sable of Sable and Rosenfeld, Bantam books.
3. General Tso's was a real person, general and poet who lived in China 155-220 AD.
4. Heat the oil in a wok.
5. Deep fry the chicken, a few pieces at a time, about 1 minute or until golden brown.
6. Remove and drain on paper towels.
7. Pour all but 2 TB of the oil out of the wok.
8. To the oil in the wok, add the chili peppers, garlic and ginger, stir-fry 2 minutes.
9. In a small bowl, combine the remaining soy sauce, vinegar, white wine and 1 tea cornstarch, mix until smooth.
10. Stir in sugar, sesame oil and salt.
11. Pour into wok, cook, stirring for 2 minutes until thickened.
12. Return chicken pieces to wok, mix well and serve.