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- Title: General Tao's Chicken (Le Piment Rouge)
- Categories: Poultry
- Servings: 4 MM#: 982
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- 10 oz Chicken Legs, deboned 2 c Soya Oil
- 1 tb Ginger Root, minced 2 ea Scallions, chopped
- 1 tb Garlic, minced 2 tb Dry Chili Pepper
- 2 tb Sugar 2 tb Soy Sauce
- 1 1/2 t Vinegar 2 tb Cornstarch
- 1/4 c Chicken Stock 1 t Sesame Oil
- (MARINADE):
- 1 ea Egg White 1 tb Cornstarch
- 1 tb Soy Sauce
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- For the best results use skinned deboned legs of capon.
- Cut the chicken into pieces no larger than 1 inch square. Prepare marinade
- by combining egg white, cornstarch and 1 tablespoon soy sauce in a large
- bowl.
- Add chicken pieces and set aside for two hours.
- In a deep pot, heat the oil until it reaches 350 degrees. In a basket, or
- with a slotted spoon, lower several marinated chicken pieces into the fat.
- Fry about one or two minutes or until the chicken becomes crisp; test for
- doneness before completing the batch. Continue until all pieces have been
- General Tao's Chicken (Le Piment Rouge) (cont)
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- fried. Set oil and cooked chicken pieces aside.
- In a wok, on high heat, reheat two tablespoons of the reserved oil. Add
- prepared ginger, scallions, garlic and chili peppers. Stir to prevent
- burning.
- Add the fried chicken and stir quickly.Add sugar, soy sauce, vinegar and
- cornstarch mixed with chicken stock. Remove from the heat and stir sesame
- oil into the sauce. Spoon the mixture on to a hot platter and serve
- immediately with steamed rice.
- Serves 4.
- Hazel Mah who owns Le Piment Rouge Windsor (translation: Red Pepper) and
- Le Piment Rouge Laurier graciously agreed to share the recipe for the
- popular dish. This dish dates back to the Chin Dynasty and is named for
- General Tao, a governor of the northern Chinese province of Hunan.
- According to legend, the old general ate nothing but poultry and this dish
- was his favourite. Le Piment Rouge Windsor, 1170 Peel in Montreal.
- From The Gazette, 91/02/27.
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