General Tso’s Chicken is a favorite Chinese food takeout choice that is sweet and slightly spicy with a kick from garlic and ginger.
If you love the sweet and tangy flavors of General Tso’s Chicken, you’re going to relish the flavors of Garlic Hunan Beef, the tanginess of PF Chang’s Orange Peel Chicken, and the Spicy Tangerine Beef with Carrot Ribbons.
General Tso’s Chicken that can be found at Chinese restaurants and is a favorite late night Chinese takeout. The spicier, zestier, less popular cousin to the ever popular Orange Chicken, General Tso’s Chicken is a fantastic option when you’re looking to change up your Chinese food routine.
Other General Tso’s Chicken recipes can sometimes have cooking directions that are really complicated and with many different breading steps. These are all eliminated by going to a simple cornstarch coating. You can definitely do a thicker typical breading if you would like, like what is done in our Orange Chicken recipe. Also, the addition of the hoisin sauce may seem small and you may want to skip it because it isn’t a normal pantry item unless you are used to doing Asian cooking, but the flavor is that specific General Tso’s Chicken flavor that you’ll miss without it.
When you’re ready to serve your chicken, you’ll want to make sure you have plenty of white rice, brown rice, or a noodle dish, like Chow Mein.
How to Make General Tso’s Chicken
This is such an easy dish to make, and is so flavorful, your family will want you to make it time and time again! Check it out!
- Step One: Coat chicken in the cornstarch mixture. Let each piece of chicken sit while you make the sauce.
- Step Two: Mix the sauce together and set to the side to thicken while you cook the chicken and get a crispy coating.
- Step Three: Fry the chicken in batches in a deep skillet on medium-high heat until they are golden brown on all sides. Set to the side in a colander or other strainer and place that on paper towel to collect the dripping oil. Don’t put the crispy chicken directly on paper towel or it will get too soggy.
- Step Four: With most of the oil drained from the pan, put in the fresh ginger and garlic and pepper flakes and cook on medium heat until fragrant.
- Step Five: Finally, add in the chicken pieces and then the sauce mixture. Mix together until it’s steaming hot. Then serve hot with steamed broccoli. Enjoy!
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Frequently Asked Questions
The legend says that there was an actual General from Hunan Province in China who was well known as a general and military leader. An immigrant from China created the dish in New York in the 1950’s where it was popularized and spread across Chinese restaurants around the USA. He named the dish in honor of that famous general.
As a Chinese-American dish, General Tso’s Chicken is prepared by frying chicken and coating it with a sweet and salty glaze made from brown sugar, garlic, soy sauce, and pepper flakes. The tang of ginger and Hoisin sauce in our recipe is irresistible and delicious!
General Tso’s Chicken and Orange Chicken are both distinct Chinese stir fries that offer unique flavors. General Tso’s Chicken is made with golden fried chicken pieces in a sweet, salty, and sticky sauce, which has added savory flavors from soy sauce, chili flakes, and Hoisin sauce. Orange chicken is characterized by its sweet flavor and orange zest.
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Key Ingredients in General Tso’s Chicken
Everything can easily be found at your local grocery store or Asian market.
- Chicken: We’re using boneless, skinless chicken thighs in the recipe. But you can use skinless chicken breasts, or even chicken tenders.
- Rice Vinegar: Rice vinegar is a pretty inexpensive vinegar in the grocery store and an amazing flavor boost for salads as well as many Asian recipes. You won’t regret the purchase. Rice wine vinegar works too.
- Hoisin Sauce: This is a staple Asian pantry item. It has an awesome depth of flavor and is sometimes referred to as Asian BBQ sauce. This fermented soybean-based sauce is traditionally made with Chinese five spice blend for a distinctive flavor beloved by many. You’ll immediately recognize the flavor when you try it and the one bottle will make many delicious dishes. Don’t skip it.
- Sesame Seeds: Presentation counts. A little sprinkling of sesame seeds, chopped chives or even red chili pepper will instantly add flair to your meal.
- Sugar: You can use any kind of sugar. We are using brown sugar in our recipe.
- Oil: You can use vegetable oil, peanut oil, or canola oil for deep frying your chicken. You can also add a tablespoon of sesame oil while frying for extra flavor.
Substitutions for General Tso’s Chicken
- Rice Vinegar: It can be tempting to swap out items, like white vinegar or white wine vinegar for rice vinegar. Every time you make a substitution it is going to taste less like what you remember ordering out.
- Hoisin Sauce: This distinctive semi-sweet sauce shouldn’t be substituted, for best taste. However, if it simply cannot be found, you can get a similar flavor with plum sauce, tamari sauce, or garlic teriyaki.
- Cornstarch: This thickener can be substituted with arrowroot powder, tapioca starch, or wheat flour.
- Pepper Flakes: If the chili is too spicy, you can easily keep it out without compromising flavor. If you would like more spice, just add double the chili flakes, or substitute with Sriracha which is a spicy sauce.
Air Fryer General Tso’s Chicken
- Step One: You can easily cook the chicken in the air fryer. This is actually a great way to cook the chicken to a perfect crisp while working on another dish for the meal. Using this method, prepare the chicken by coating in the cornstarch. In a single layer in the air fryer, spray the top with a light coat of cooking oil and cook on 400ºF for 8 minutes. Set a time and flip the chicken over at the 4 minute mark to cook both sides. Cook in batches to ensure a crispy chicken.
- Step Two: While the chicken cooks, modify the recipe only in frying the garlic and ginger and pepper flakes and then adding in the already made sauce. Stir it up and let it thicken and get nice and hot.
- Step Three: Once the chicken is done cooking, you can add it directly to the sauce and serve hot!
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How to Store General Tso’s Chicken
- Serve: Serve hot and don’t keep the chicken out for more than two hours.
- Store: Store in the fridge in an airtight container for up to 3 days. Reheat on the stove.
- Freeze: This is a great meal to freeze. Store extras in the freezer for up to 6 months in an airtight container. Thaw overnight when ready and reheat until completely hot.
Ingredients
For the Chicken
- 1 pound chicken thighs , cut into 1 inch chunks
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
- vegetable oil , for frying
For the Sauce
- 3 tablespoons rice vinegar
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 teaspoons hoisin sauce
- 1/4 cup water
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
To Finish
- 1 tablespoon ginger , minced
- 2 cloves garlic , minced
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed red chili flakes
Instructions
- Toss the chicken thighs with the quarter cup of cornstarch and let sit while you mix the sauce ingredients.
- Add the rice vinegar, soy sauce, hoisin sauce, water, sugar and tablespoon of cornstarch in a small bowl and whisk together.
- Add the chicken to a pan with the oil and fry until crispy.
- Remove chicken from the pan and drain all but a tablespoon of the oil. Next, add in the chili flakes, ginger and garlic.
- Cook the aromatics until fragrant (about 30 seconds).
- Add in the chicken and toss, then add in the sauce.
- Stir for about 30 seconds, or until thickened.
- Serve immediately over rice or noodles.
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Love this recipe. Is there any reason I can’t mix up a bigger batch of the sauce, and store it in the fridge for future use?
Nope, that’ll work.
Can we replace cornstarch with something else? Maybe all purpose flour?
Yes
Love the general tso’s chicken. Can not wait to try more
Made this with chicken breasts since that is all I had and it was super delicious! No left overs between my oldest son, my husband, and I.
I am loving your website! All of your recipes are so good!!! I made this tonight. It was delicious and easy. Thanks again for all that you do. It makes my life easier.
Thank you so much, Julie!
She mentions the importance to not skip the sesame seeds, but leaves it off of the ingredients list? I hate shopping twice for one dinner.
maybe that’s because most people have sesame seeds in their pantry.
A decent Asian sauce but does not taste like General Tso’s. Had too much vinegar and was missing something but I’m not sure what. My husband wouldn’t even touch it because the smell of vinegar was so strong.
Try adding oyster and soy sauce, brown sugar and potato flour
I agree. Thinking I may add some honey.
Excellent. Made it because i already had all the ingredients available. Even my hubby loves it!!
Its good but dark in color.Perhaps less soy sauce next time?
Second time I made this recipe was much better than the first.
Recipe was tasty but the sauce really tastes nothing like the General tso sauce I have on Chinese take-out. Was a little disappointed in the flavor of the sauce but it was nice and thick. My search for the perfect general tso sauce continues! ?
I am going to make this recipe tonight for my husband and my best friend, as it sounds super good! Just one question as I am a novice when it comes to cooking meat: do I get skinless chicken thighs? I’m pretty sure about the boneless part but don’t know if the skin should be on or not. Writing from Germany here where no Chinese restaurant serves General Tso’s chicken. I had it for the first time when I visited the States with my American husband last year and my mind was blown away by how tasty it was. I now want to surprise hubby with this recipe tonight & hope I get it right! Thanks in advance for your help 🙂
I’ve made this twice now and everyone loves it! Perfect combination of sweet and spicy.
My husband big fan of poulet général tao!
Your recipe is really simple and very goooood taste!!
I made adjustment according with my taste.
It came out super delicious!
For sure, this will be my keeper?
This was very good but I wish the recipe called out for a specific measurement of oil for frying, or directions such as “Use enough oil to cover the chicken”. Also the approximate time that it takes to fry the chicken. (If anyone can answer these two questions, I would appreciate it!) I did not use enough oil and ended up adding more, but my chicken did not ever become brown and crispy. That said, it still turned out well and I will definitely make it again. Thank you for sharing.
Same here
I use a cast iron pan and fill it about halfway (covers half the chicken roughly) cook each side aprox. 3-4 mins per side (turn once the side in oil gets brown). Hope that helps.
Note: I know this is all a lot of info, but I wanted to be thorough. I also don’t mean to come off as condescending, if it happens to seem that way at all; I just can’t predict everyones knowledge/skill/comfort levels. Apologies all around.
For the time question:
Boneless cubed or chunked chicken shouldn’t take very long. Usually a few minutes per side. Or just a few minutes all together, if deep frying, since the chicken will be submerged.
Like, if I deep fry whole boneless chicken breasts (don’t really like dark meat, but thigh meat can’t be too different in this method of cooking) it takes around 6 to 8mins tops, at around 350 degrees, depending in the thickness of the chicken. If you cut, or pound, the pieces flatter, or just use smaller breasts, the time gets pushed closer to 6mins because of the increased surface area and/or thinner/smaller meat.
It’s been a while, but if I make breast nuggets, which is closer to the application here, I think it usually takes 4 to 5 minutes, depending on the size of the chunks, because of the total 360 degree surface area.
Pan frying would/should double those times. Around those times I mentioned for deep frying, but per side, depending on how small the chicken is cut.
And, really, always best to test a piece if you’re uncomfortable for any reason. It’s better to be safe than sorry/waste. Just (carefully) pick a piece out and (carefully) cut it open. For whole pieces of chicken, cut into the thickest part or employ a thermometer.
Overall I’m willing to guess this recipes approach going into this is “when it’s crispy, it’s done,” or something. It really isn’t the greatest approach to be so vague when you don’t know the person reading the recipes skill/comfort levels. Salmonella, or just the texture of biting into raw chicken, really sucks.
As for the oil question:
I’m imagining the answer is dependant on the vessel you’re using to fry.
Take a wok. A wok would pool the oil at the bottom, and may not need as much as you’d use in a skillet. The oil would also get hotter, sooner, because of the more centered point of heat contact. You’d also likely move the chicken (in smaller amounts) more in a wok, leading the hot oil to be basted over the chicken, crisping and cooking the chicken faster -closer to deep frying. But I don’t have much wok experience, so don’t quote me on any of that. Just seems logical, I guess.
Since a skillet doesn’t allow for that sort of pooling (or movement), you’ll likely need more oil, depending on size, and time depending on thickness/material of the skillet. More on why vessel size matters a little later.
But you’ll probably always be doing the “per side” method in a skillet, otherwise you’ll just be splashing hot oil around like a maniac; which I already mentioned will increase time.
Should you deep fry the pieces, the question kind of gets voided out; in this method you should always have enough oil in there to cover the chicken. But the recipe seems to want you to use 1 pan for the whole meal, so I’m guessing it’s asking for a skillet or wok.
I’d still probably deep fry the chicken, personally, even if it means a few extra things to cleanup. Sure the abundance of oil (that you can reuse for a while, for anyone worried about wasting expensive oil) takes a bit longer to heat up to proper temp, but the overall cook afterwards becomes ridiculously stress free as long as the temperature of the oil is right.
Two things about getting things crispy, no matter how you’re frying:
Temperature matters. You want the oil to be hot enough, or else any kind of coating is just going to soak the oil in and make whatever you’re cooking soggy.
The basics of frying is that once the food hits the oil, the very outer coating should cook pretty much immediately, sealing in most of the moisture being released by the food inside. This way, the meat steams itself in its’s own juices, without being at all oily. The cooked coating creates a barrier to the oil, allowing just the heat of the oil to do the rest of the cooking.
That’s how things end up being too greasy at, say, restaurants. If they don’t let the oil get hot enough again in between batches, the food suffers for it immensely. Recently I had the worst calamari I’ve ever had at a restaurant, and I’m certain this was why. It was greasy (sopping with oil) and chewy (overcooked). It was clear the oil wasn’t hot enough and they may have increased the cook time to compensate -the oil soaked into the breading, while the squid eventually overcooked. It also didn’t help that it took 25mins to get an order of Calamari that should have taken just a few minutes, tops.
Thats also why we don’t deep fry meats without a coating. The outside would cook instantly and the water escaping the insides would dry the meat out. It would also be a frothy, sputtering, oil geyser. An outer coating helps retain moistness. In the case of fried turkey on Thanksgiving, which doesn’t get an outter coating, the brine everyone should be putting the turkey through prior to dunking it in hot oil helps the meat retain moisture. This is also why most fried chicken recipes ask for a brines/marinades, even though there is a coating.
Additionally, and this pretty much depends on the size of which vessel you use, if you overcrowd whatever vessel you use with too much stuff, the overabundance of water escaping the food as it cooks will steam all the surrounding food, rather than letting it fry the outside, and nothing will crisp well before being overcooked. Overcrowding also drops the temperature of the oil by a lot (putting anything into oil lowers the temperature a bit, for a time. It’s unavoidable.), leading to many of the issues mentioned above.
If you happened to do this in your cook, next time consider frying in smaller batches to ensure this doesn’t happen. It takes longer, but the results should be better. Just be sure you take the time to let the oil come back up to temperature before more food goes into it, to retain consistency and quality.
What it sounds like happened, based on what you said above, is you heated the oil, started to fry the chicken, saw it wasn’t enough oil, then added more. The chicken had already forced the temperature of the oil down, then the extra added (room temp) oil forced the oil temp down more, making it hard for the chicken to crisp up. The chicken/coating probably absorbed more oil, because it wasn’t hot enough to properly crisp, even though the chicken did eventually cooked through.
I just realized I needed to clarify something:
When I said “time depending on thickness/material of the skillet.” where I talked about the oil, I meant the time it will take to bring the oil up to temperature, not the cook time.
Mike – Phenomenal tips! Thank you – much appreciated. I haven’t tried the recipe, yet, but when I do, I’ll be much better prepared thanks to your help.
Kudos to you Mike for this extremely thorough explanation of a process that I never truly understood before, but now I do. 🙂
Recipe came out great. My partner and I both enjoyed it served with sticky white rice. My only suggestion for making it, would be to add a bit more sugar (maybe another tablespoon or 2) and more crushed red pepper. Also, if you like the texture of the chicken to be a bit more crunchy, fry it just a bit longer. Overall great recipe!
This was delicious. Didn’t really taste like General Taos to me. I like it better than take out.
Absolutely delicious!
Loved this recipe ! Definitely a keeper !
It’s Sunday and all Chinese/Asian restaurants are closed where I live. Tried this recipe out and it was AMAZING! Thank you!
Loved it. So easy for someone very busy to make!
I cook with most of these ingredients so it was easy to make
I made a couple changes:
I used apple cider vinegar instead of rice vinegar
I used dry ginger instead of fresh
It came out WONDERFUL! I don’t have to order Chinese food anymore- I’ll pair this with my home made lo mein 🙂
Thank you!!
Loved how this recipe turned out and how easy it is to just do a one step batter on the chicken. I used 2 lbs of chicken, added steamed broccoli in with the sauce at the final step, and tripled the sauce to make plenty for 6-8 servings!
Is there an Alternative for the Hoisin Sauce???
I’m a Student and willing to cook this for a project
There’s not really an alternative other than making your own. I don’t have a recipe but I’m sure you could find one online to use as a substitute. Good luck!
Can this recipe be done using an air fryer?
I haven’t tested it but if you decide to try, I’d love to know how it turns out. Thanks!
We had this last night, and it was amazing!!!
I have made this multiple times and it has become a favorite in our house. I add cut up red peppers when I add the garlic, ginger, and pepper flakes. Absolutely delicious!!!!
Are you able to use chicken breast instead of thighs?
I only ask cause trying to use up chicken breast we got from Costco , and love general Tso’s chicken .
Chicken thighs tend to be juicier and more tender but you can substitute with chicken breasts if you prefer.
I only use chicken breasts in chicken applications (except wings, of course) because I’ve never liked dark meat, and still can’t convince myself to. It’s a texture thing. It’ll be fine.
People love to go on and on about how thighs are more juicy, blah blah, but I’ve made a lot of chicken and have never come out the other side with dry breasts unless something went disastrously wrong. You just have to know/be comfortable with how to cook it.
If you’re at all worried about it going in, brine the breasts a bit before cooking. It’ll help retain moisture while frying.
This was a great sauce recipe. I had never made general tso’s sauce before and did a lot of googling. There are so many recipes out there with very little in common. I whipped up this one and one with a tomato sauce base and this won by far. I used gardein chicken chunks, pickled ginger and served with steamed broccoli and yakisoba.
Yay!! Thank you, that is a huge compliment! I’m so glad you enjoyed it!
My wife and I made it tonight and our family loved it! We’ll be making it again soon.
Thank you for sharing your recipe. Didnt have rice vinegar so we used spple cider vinegar instead. Still tasted good. Again, thanks!
I don’t care what anyone says… this recipe is bomb ?. I’m pretty sure if you followed the recipe it’s spot on to general Tso. The chicken wasn’t super crispy but 95% of general Tsos take out isn’t. I doubled the recipe and added more pepper flakes , steamed up some broccoli, and white rice . Even my mother said it’s better then take out! This is delicious I would definitely recommend and will make again
Thank you! I really appreciate the 5 stars.
Easy to follow recipe Where can I find rice vinegar & Hoisin sauce
They should be in the international food or asian food section of the grocery store. Hope this helps!
Walmart and Albertsons both have them.
If I’m reading the situation right, I had this issue for a long time, because I live in something of a blackhole for anything good.
Where I’m stuck at the moment, we only have a 2 small supermarkets and Walmart , and this Walmart sucks. Bad. It doesn’t have really anything useful at all. I ultimately had to start going about a hour away, to one of the closest decent sized cities, to find most of my ingredients for things (funny enough, at their Walmart, which is still better than nothing), including hoisin sauce and rice vinegar.
It sucks to have to go to such lengths, but I try to rationalize it this way (or else I’d go nuts): these things are pretty much pantry items. It makes having to go so far out of the way to get them just slightly less bothersome, because I don’t really have to do it *that* often.
I ordered the hoisin sauce online
Mine turned out perfectly. Even my picky boys loved it. Thanks!
Love it when even the pick eaters are won over! 🙂
I made this tonight , and it’s sooo good! I knew I didn’t want it to sweet but a little more spicy, so I didn’t add as much sugar to the sauce, and added a few more chilies and some Serrano peppers. I also think I’ll cut the chicken to smaller bit size pieces. It turned out super good AND my husband approved ! Thanks so much for this recipe!
You’re so welcome! Glad you enjoyed it and were able to make it how you like!
I had only one problem with this recipe: It wasn’t specific enough about frying the chicken. I’m new to wok cooking and I’ve made several stir fries. So when I saw “fry” the chicken, I didn’t know whether you meant stir fry or deep fry, and there was no quantity of oil specified. Turns out I didn’t use enough (and that wasn’t my only mistake). Despite my neophyte blunders, the sauce was delicious! (My wife thought it was a little sweet.) Bit I wouldn’t change a thing!
Sorry for the confusion! Glad they turned out great for you! Thanks for the feedback 🙂
Can I use popcorn chicken
You can definitely use it and bake until crispy, but you will want to add some cornstarch to the sauce to thicken it since the popcorn chicken won’t have the flour/cornstarch coating the regular chicken has. Let me know how it turns out!
Delicious! A favorite recipe now!
This recipe has potential, however we found it way too acidic.
So sorry it didn’t meet your tastes. I’d love to hear if you alter it in the future, perhaps with a less strong vinegar that might taste better for you.
This my first time trying a Pinterest recipe, I’ve pinned many but this was my first time actually making a recipe. It was delicious and way better than any takeout I’ve had. My daughter is very picky and she loved it. It was really, really good!! This will go into dinner rotation.
So happy that your first Pinterest recipe turned out so well!
Made this for my family a few weeks ago and everyone loved it. Even my picky non meat eating 4 yr old! She loved it so much she requested it for dinner again today! Do you happen to have a crockpot version?
So glad you all enjoyed it! I know how hard it is to please everyone especially when they’re picky. I don’t have a crockpot version yet but I’ll add it to my list to test. Stay tuned.
Did not turn out like General Taos! Chicken did not get crispy! Yes I deep fried it! Never browned? The sauce thickens up nicely and coats the chicken well but is too sweet. It’s ok but not General Taos. ISO another recipe! Thanks
Sorry it didn’t turn out how you like it 🙁
The best I had. Followed the recipe to the letter. Browned chicken in 3/4 inch of oil . Then put on paper towels. Had oven preheated to 300 let cook a little longer to make sure internet yep was good. Cooked sauce then added chicken yum
the crispy chicken part came out great…the sauce sucked big time, to much vinegar, tasted nothing like the order out Chinese. i will look else where for the sauce….dont bother here.
You didn’t make it properly. Back to cooking school for you.
Tried the recipe as is before reading the comments. It was good, but definitely agree that it was too much rice vinegar. I also have to say that the chicken was no longer crispy crunchy after the sauce was added, which was disappointing. Not sure what to do with that.
BUT. I was still so impressed with the initial results, that I tried again today. Didn’t have any more chicken left but I used tofu! It was unbelievably good. I used 1 tbsp rice vinegar and 1tbsp mirin. Fantastic!
Happy to hear you gave it another try and love the tofu swap! Thanks for coming back to let me know!
There was quite a bit of prep work to this recipe, but it came together fast and tasted really, really good. Short on rice so I served the chicken over rice for our son and we ate it over rice noodles. My picky son, went back for seconds. My wife says to keep the recipe. I liked it too. Thank you for sharing your recipe Sabrina.
Happy that even the picky eater enjoyed! That’s a double win in my book!
Came out Perfect!! My family loved this so much I made it twice in one week. My 8yr son said, Mom yours is better than Panda Express!!
This is fab! Can’t wait to make it again ??
Made this and it was delicious. It’s my first time and my children were impress. Surprise myself.
The ginger and vinegar was key and brought out the flavor.
Thanks for your wonderful recipe
My husband and I made this last night together I thought it was amazing . I didn’t really measure anything Button up to the ingredients listed as is. Just want to thank you for posting the recipe. We loved it!
Aw, happy to hear that you liked it! Thanks for letting me know!
This s*** slap
The flavour was good, but I didn’t get the crispy coating or colour that is typical of General Tso’s chicken. Are you supposed to actually deep fry the chicken in the oil? I put just a few tablespoons of oil and the cornstarch just stuck to the bottom. My chicken turned out looking just like a stir-fry chicken rather than a coated, crisp chicken. Any suggestions?
To get the crispy coating, you need to fry the chicken. You want to have the chicken floating in the oil, about 3 inches. Hope this helps!
Just cover the bottom of the pan with sesame seed oil. I didn’t have sesame seed so I used grape seed oil. Make sure to only just cover the bottom or it will be soggy. Coat the chicken with cornstarch in a ziplock bag like it says and let sit. I cooked the chicken on medium heat turning occasionally. Let sit and cook in between watching closely. Cook till desired crispness. This takes about 20 minutes. I served over rice. Excellent recipe.
Tried this recipe – with a few tweaks in the recipe it came out perfect! After reading up on many reviews, I decided to do a combination of all. Instead of 3 tbsp of vinegar, I did 2. Instead of 1/2 a tbsp of red chili flakes, I did 1 tbsp (keep in mind this does make it a tad more spicy so you will have to sprinkle more sugar on your entree when cooking after the sauce is added). I don’t know if this makes a difference but I also used less sodium soy sauce and ate this with rice and broccoli. Overall, loved this recipe, thank you!
Decided to try doing this instead of buying some and I’m SLIGHTLY disappointed… the chicken was crispy and delicious and the sauce worked perfectly but the ginger (maybe vinegar too?) was so overpowering it really ruined it for me. It may be because I didn’t add as much chili flakes. I also made the mistake of pouring all my sauce on my rice so there was no relief! Next time I make this I’ll definitely add a lot less ginger and add more chili flake! Other than the ginger it was a great recipe!
Brenna, did you by chance use dry, ground ginger? If so, you may have inadvertently used too much since the volume is reduced in dry form. I have no expertise, but the first time I tried this recipe I used the dry ground stuff, about half as much and it turned out good. I’ve since found some minced ginger in a jar that works well with the amount called for.