This well-known General Tso’s Chinese chicken meal may be freshly prepared in your kitchen and delivered to your table more quickly than takeout. As an added bonus, the chicken is air-fried rather than deep-fried, making it a healthier option. Serve, if preferred, over rice.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 20 mins |
| Total Time: | 30 mins |
| Servings: | 4 |
Ingredients
- ½ cup chicken broth
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon hoisin sauce
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1 teaspoon Sriracha
- 1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breasts, cut into bite-size pieces
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- cooking spray
- 1 teaspoon chopped scallions, or to taste
- 1 teaspoon toasted sesame seeds, or to taste
Instructions
- For the sauce: Combine broth, sesame oil, soy sauce, hoisin sauce, cornstarch, garlic, and Sriracha in a medium saucepan. Whisk until cornstarch is dissolved. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to low.
- Preheat an air fryer to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C) according to the manufacturer’s instructions.
- Place chicken, cornstarch, and soy sauce into a bowl and stir until chicken is evenly coated. Transfer chicken to the air fryer basket. Spray with cooking spray.
- Cook in the preheated air fryer for 8 minutes. Shake the basket, breaking up any pieces that have stuck together, and spray with cooking spray again. Continue to cook until chicken is no longer pink in the center, about 8 minutes more.
- Transfer chicken to a large bowl. Pour sauce over chicken and toss to coat. Garnish with scallions and sesame seeds.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 201 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 9 g |
| Cholesterol | 66 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Protein | 25 g |
| Saturated Fat | 1 g |
| Sodium | 776 mg |
| Sugars | 1 g |
| Fat | 7 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I followed this recipe to the letter. Only thing I didn’t have was scallions. This was so very very good. My husband said this is one that we will make again and again. It was very simple to make too.
Recipe makes no sense, especially directions regarding the corn starch and soy sauce. It says nothing about separating those two items into separate batches.
Easy and fast, buy missing something flavor wise.
It was just ok.
I made it and the wife loved it, I did add a little honey just to add a lighter taste
Next time I’ll make more sauce. Delicious!
Looked like the image and followed exact recipe. Unfortunately tastes nothing like general tsos!!