Tom's General Tso's Chicken

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 red chili pepper, chopped (i use thai chiles)
• 1 tablespoon gingerroot, minced
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 2 -3 tablespoons flour
• 1 pinch sugar
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 1 dash rice wine vinegar
• 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
• 4 chicken breasts, cut into 1-inch cubes
• 2 -3 cups broccoli florets (use as little or as much as you'd like)
• 1 tablespoon oil (peanut, vegetable, or canola)
• 1 tablespoon minced ginger
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 red chili pepper, chopped (optional)
• 1 pinch sugar
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 1 dash rice wine vinegar
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• 1/3 cup water or 1/3 cup chicken broth

Recipe

• 1 save yourself a little time and chop the all the garlic and ginger when you make the marinade!
• 2 mix together the chili peppers, 1 tbsp ginger, 1 clove garlic, sugar, soy sauce, vinegar and sesame oil in a wok until sugar is dissolved. heat it up a little just to make sure sugar is totally dissolved. let it cool for a couple minutes.
• 3 put the chicken and broccoli into a large bowl and coat it with the flour.
• 4 pour the marinade over the chicken and broccoli; mix to coat, and marinate for at least 15 minutes but no longer than 2 hours.
• 5 heat wok over high heat until very hot and add the oil.
• 6 working quickly add the ginger, garlic, chili (optional), sugar, soy sauce, and rice wine vinegar and stir to combine.
• 7 add the chicken and broccoli in the wok along with the marinade and continue to cook until the chicken is brown (about 1-2 minutes).
• 8 once the chicken is brown, add the tomato paste and water (or broth) and stir it until the tomato paste is incorporated.
• 9 continue to cook for another 1-2 minutes, until chicken is done and sauce has thickened.
• 10 taste the sauce and season to taste with more soy, vinegar, sugar, chiles, etc --
• 11 serve with rice.