Louie Vidmar » Food http://www.lvidmar.com Freelance Web Developer and Photographer Mon, 03 May 2010 01:52:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 General Tso’s Chicken, finally success http://www.lvidmar.com/blog/2008/08/04/general-tsos-chicken-finally-success/ http://www.lvidmar.com/blog/2008/08/04/general-tsos-chicken-finally-success/#comments Mon, 04 Aug 2008 08:06:41 +0000 lvidmar http://www.lvidmar.com/?p=352 In what seemed like destined failure once again, I finally had a successful batch of General Tso’s Chicken. I believe this was my third or fourth attempt from scratch (+1 attempt using sauce from a bottle). The first hint I was in trouble was when I realized I had no corn starch (used as a breadding), so I used pancake powder. Then when mixing up the sauce, I realized I didn’t have any red wine/cooking sherry. Instead I used a little bit of white wine vinegar with some water, and a little bit of Berry Splash Crystal Light powder (weird, definitely. but it came out just fine), and a little extra soy sauce. No onions? No big deal, though it is a key part of this dish, I was mainly concerned about the sauce coming out ok.

Tiny bit of back-story. General Tso’s Chicken is one of my favorite Chinese dishes, especially at Maple Garden near campus. I’ve never seen any other resteraunt make it anywhere near close to the way they do, and I have no idea what it’s supposed to be like, but it’s damn good. So it’s been a goal of mine for the past 3 years or so to figure out how to make a decent batch of it. I’m getting closer… I’m guessing another 2 attempts and I’ll have a recipe worthy of sharing.

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