Cornstarch batter is used to coat the General Tso’s chicken in a crisp, golden brown coating. The chicken becomes extra crispy by being fried twice. Incredible taste is added by combining ginger and garlic with a spicy, sweet soy sauce mixture. Don’t cut corners or substitute inferior ingredients; you might be let down. Up to three days prior to dinner, you can prepare the sauce and finish the first chicken fry. Next, you can finish the second fry. Serve with steamed veggies like broccoli, zucchini, squash, and green onions mixed with rice or noodles.
| Prep Time: | 30 mins |
| Cook Time: | 8 mins |
| Additional Time: | 1 hr |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 38 mins |
| Servings: | 6 |
| Yield: | 6 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 pound pork belly, cubed
- 1 fresh red chile pepper, minced
- 3 stalks lemongrass, minced
- 3 tablespoons fish sauce
- 3 cloves garlic, minced, or more to taste
- 1 teaspoon monosodium glutamate (MSG)
- 1 teaspoon white sugar
- 1 teaspoon Chinese five-spice powder
- bamboo skewers
- ¼ cup fish sauce
- ¼ cup white sugar
- 1 fresh red chile pepper, minced, or more to taste
- 1 lime, juiced
- 5 cloves garlic, minced, or more to taste
- 1 teaspoon monosodium glutamate (MSG), or to taste
- 1 cup water
Instructions
- Combine pork belly, 1 red chile pepper, lemongrass, 3 tablespoons fish sauce, 3 cloves garlic, 1 teaspoon MSG, 1 teaspoon white sugar, and five-spice powder in a bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until marinated, 1 to 3 hours.
- Mix 1/4 cup fish sauce, 1/4 cup sugar, 1 red chile pepper, lime juice, 5 cloves garlic, and 1 teaspoon MSG together in a bowl. Let sit until dipping sauce flavors meld, 30 minutes to 1 hour. Pour in water.
- Thread the marinated pork belly onto bamboo skewers.
- Preheat grill for high heat and lightly oil the grate. Cook pork skewers, turning occasionally, until crisp, 8 to 10 minutes. Serve with the dipping sauce.
- You can use pork butt in place of pork belly if desired. Grilling over charcoal is best.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 201 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 15 g |
| Cholesterol | 27 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Protein | 11 g |
| Saturated Fat | 3 g |
| Sodium | 2020 mg |
| Sugars | 10 g |
| Fat | 11 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |