General tso's chicken #01

6 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
6Chicken legs
1Egg
1cupCornstarch
7cupsOil
teaspoonSalt
teaspoonPepper
8Dried red peppers
3Green onions; chopped
2teaspoonsMinced garlic
1teaspoonMinced ginger
1teaspoonSesame oil
½teaspoonCornstarch
1cupWater
1cupVinegar
1cupSoy sauce
½cupHot oil

Directions

SAUCE

Remove skin from chicken legs. Cut in 1-¼" pieces through the bone.

Combine egg, cornstarch, 1 cup oil, salt and pepper. Marinate chicken in this mixture 30 minutes. Heat remaining 6 cups oil to 375 degrees. Deep-fry chicken 5 minutes and drain. Heat a little of the oil and stir-fry red peppers, green onions and garlic with the chicken and Sauce 1 minute.

Serve. Sauce: Combine all ingredients.

UNCLE CHEN'S

S.W. 3RD, PORTLAND

WINE: SANCERRE

From the <Micro Cookbook Collection of Chinese Recipes>. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, .