General Tzos or Sesame Chicken

• 3 lbs. bonless chicken breasts - rinsed and dried and cut into 1-2 inch cubes
• For the marinade/batter:
• 6 tbsp. soy sauce
• 2 Tsp. Sesame Oil
• 1 tsp. sriracha
• 1 tbsp. hoisin sauce
• 4 tbsp. AP flour
• 4 Tbsp. cornstarch
• 4 Tbsp water
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• For the sauce:
• 3 Tsp. Sesame Oil
• 2 tsp. chopped ginger
• 3 cloves chopped garlic
• 2 tsp. red pepper flakes
• 1-2 tsp. sambal oelek (chili paste)
• 2 cups broth
• 1/4 cup cornstarch
• 2 tbsp. rice vinegar
• 1/2 cup Sugar
• 2 tbsp. soy sauce
• Vegetable oil
• sesame seeds to garnish - if making sesame chicken
• chopped scallions for garnish

Preparation

1 Place cut up chicken in mixing bowl
2 Add marinade ingredients to bowl
3 Stir until everything is combined

 For the sauce:

4 Add sesame oil to a small saucepan on medium/low heat
5 Add the chopped garlic, and ginger
6 Let it warm on low until fragrant
7 Combined the rest of the sauce ingredients to a mixing bowl, stirring well to dissolved the cornstarch.
8 Add the contents to the saucepan slowly while stirring to thicken sauce.


9 In a frypan, fry the chicken pieces in about 3 tbsp. of oil. Remove the chicken when done and drain on paper towels. Serve the chicken over the rice. Drizzle with sauce to desired amount. Garnish with scallions

Special instructions

I never had General Tzos or Sesame Chicken until I moved to NYC and ate in the kosher Chinese-American restaurants. I grew up around Vietnamese and Thai restaurants. Whenever we go to a Chinese kosher restaurant, the general tzos and sesame chicken always seem to be one of the most expensive items on the menu and it's never cooked well. I wandered around the web looking for a good recipe worth trying.

Source:

adapted from Tyler Florence - Foodnetwork.com