Hello! Hi everyone, Wesley here. Today we're diving back into our series dedicated to reproducing foods from Americanized Chinese cuisine with a quick revisit to a Chic-Fil-A recipe that we did a few weeks back. Earlier last month I took my best shot at reproducing the Chic-Fil-A Siracha sweet chili sauce, which turned out so well that the next day I ended up using the leftovers of that sauce to make a stir fry for some friends, which got me thinking that this is actually probably the best use of this sauce. So! Today I'm revisiting one of the VERY early recipes on this channel for General Tso's chicken, so that we may do a Chic-Fil-A Siracha adaptation of this dish. For those not familiar, General Tso's Chicken (or often times, simply just General Chicken) is one of more iconic (if not the MOST iconic) fried chicken stir fry dishes found in Americanized Chinese cuisine. It most iconically features a sweet and savory glaze that coats a fried popcorn chicken, and is often optionally paired with stir fried veggies to round out the dish.
Because of its LONG history here in the states, there are now MANY different versions of this dish that exist all throughout Chinese American cuisine, all varying on the same theme. Some containing broccoli, some sweeter than others, some are often spicier or more savory, but all consistently including a fried popcorn chicken, stir fried with veggies, and coated in a sweet and savory glaze. Personally, I might even make the argument that dishes like sweet and sour chicken, orange chicken, honey sesame chicken, and just about half of the panda express menu all stem from an inspiration from (you guessed it), general chicken. So! Today we're going to take this Siracha forward Chic-Fil-A dipping sauce that we've created, then use the sugars that are very present in it to reduce it into a glaze, so that we may use it to form a Siracha Sweet Chili General Chicken. Hope you try it.
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0:00 Hello Hi Everyone!
2:22 Mise En Place (veggies)
3:17 Mise En Place (chicken)
4:00 Mise En Place (glaze)
4:54 Mise En Place (karaage breading)
5:19 On The Stove (deep fry)
5:35 On The Stove (stir fry)
6:09 On The Stove (glaze)
6:28 Let's Eat!
7:48 Thanks For Watching!