The Recipe My family loves Chinese food, whether traditional or more Americanized. I thought General Tso's chicken would be perfect to try as one of my dishes for this project. The Process This dish was surprisingly fun to make. The sauce was fun to make and mix together. I enjoyed finally being able to do more with the chicken and actually cut it up more. I let it sit to marinade while I prepared the breading. The breading wasn't too difficult to make, but I quickly figured out that a lot of people use the wet hand, dry hand method for a reason. The mixture gets sticky quickly. I used the method and the process was much more smooth. I don't have a good pot for deep-fat frying, so I had to improvise and pan fry instead. That's where a lot of my issues came up. I could never get the heat quite right for the chicken and the breading. I got lucky with a few pieces that survived and I was able to douse them in sauce. Then I realized error two. I messed up my sauce by getting the portions wrong. My sauce was thin and a bit bland. At this point it was too late to change my sauce, so I just had to let it go and serve the dish. The sauce thickened and soaked into the breading, which wasn't the most delicious thing to happen, but it saved my sauce from being thin. The Reviews
Oops is Insufficient I definitely made quite a few mistakes with this recipe. Now only did I screw up when cooking a lot of the chicken, but I also made way too much sauce. Not many pieces turned out well, and many were either overcooked or grossly undercooked. I made sure to check every piece because no one wants rare chicken and a night reserved on the toilet. I'm glad I checked it because raw chicken is extremely dangerous.
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AuthorHi, I'm Laurin Hoke. I've always liked the idea of cooking, and now I have a chance to practice! I hope you'll follow my cooking (or burning) journey! |