General Tso’s Chicken Tenders

Name: General Tso’s Chicken Tenders
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1/4 cup soy sauce; 1/4 cup rice vinegar; 1/4 cup light brown sugar; 2 tablespoons hoisin sauce; 2 teaspoons garlic powder; 1 teaspoon ground ginger; 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes; 1/3 cup water; 1 tablespoon cornstarch; vegetable oil, for frying; 1 1/2 cups flour; 1 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon black pepper; 2 eggs; 1 lb chicken tenders; sesame seeds, for garnish

Submitted by Arlyn Osborne

"Crispy fried chicken tenders tossed in a glistening General Tso’s sauce."

Download

photo by frostingnfettuccine

Ready In:: 35mins
Ingredients:: 16
Serves:: 4

ingredients

General Tso Sauce
¹⁄₄ cup soy sauce
¹⁄₄ cup rice vinegar
¹⁄₄ cup light brown sugar
2 tablespoons hoisin sauce
2 teaspoons garlic powder
1 teaspoon ground ginger
¹⁄₂ teaspoon red pepper flakes
¹⁄₃ cup water
1 tablespoon cornstarch
Chicken Tenders
vegetable oil, for frying
1 ¹⁄₂ cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
¹⁄₂ teaspoon black pepper
2 eggs
1 lb chicken tenders
sesame seeds, for garnish

directions

Add the soy sauce, vinegar, brown sugar, hoisin, garlic powder, ginger and red pepper flakes to a bowl and whisk to combine.
Whisk together the water and cornstarch in a separate small bowl until the cornstarch is dissolved.
Add the cornstarch mixture to the soy sauce mixture and whisk well to combine. Set aside.
Pour about 3 inches of oil in a Dutch oven, attach a fry thermometer, and let heat to 350 F degrees.
Add the flour, salt and pepper to a shallow bowl and whisk to combine.
Add the eggs and a splash of water to a shallow bowl and beat to combine.
Dredge a chicken tender in the flour, pressing to adhere. Shake off excess flour and coat in the egg mixture. Let the excess drip off and coat in the flour again. Place on a sheet pan while you continue coating the rest.
Fry the chicken in batches until golden brown and cooked through, about 6 – 8 minutes. Drain on a paper towel lined plate.
Give the reserved sauce mixture a good whisk and pour into a large nonstick skillet. Cook over medium heat until thickened, about 2 – 3 minutes.
Add the chicken tenders to a large bowl and pour the sauce over.
Gently toss to coat. Transfer the chicken tenders to a serving platter and garnish with sesame seeds.

Questions & Replies

Not a question, just a comment. Adding the Sesame Seeds makes it Sesame Chicken, not General Tso's. The Sesame Seeds are really the only difference between the 2 when getting them from a Chinese restaurant. So, basically, this recipe works double duty.

danmoffett64
How do you contact the website admin to request a way to delete the nutrition info which causes an extra page of paper to be used? Thanks

Mary M.
Need an airfryer recipe!

jiwilli
Can I put these tenders in an air fryer?

Annette D.
Can you substitute oyster sauce or Thai for Hoisin sauce

jbjanicke

Reviews

Excellent! Best General Tso recipe I've made. The only edit I will make next time is to substitute the soy sauce for Bragg Liquid Aminos or Coconut Aminos for less sodium. I hope the taste is as good. I couldn't stop eating this!
Food3156
The taste was on point but how can I keep the crispiness after tossing in sauce? The only ones that remained crispy were the ones I burned ????

Sara O.