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Healthy General Tso's Chicken Recipe

 ·  ☕ 3 min read  ·  ✍️ Lilly Reynolds

Healthy General Tso's Chicken
Healthy General Tso's Chicken

Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, healthy general tso's chicken. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

General Tso's chicken is not a real Chinese dish; it is more an American approximation of what Chinese food should be like. In earlier American generations, fortune cookies and chop suey are good examples of what Americans thought was Chinese food, but in fact, were not traditional Chinese. Healthy General Tso's Chicken Recipe – easy recipe and how to video by cookbook author Jaden Hair of Steamy Kitchen. This healthy version of the classic Chinese General Tso's Chicken dish will quickly become a new favorite.

Healthy General Tso's Chicken is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Healthy General Tso's Chicken is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook healthy general tso's chicken using 11 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Healthy General Tso's Chicken:
  1. Get 1 1/2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1-inch
  2. Get 1/4 cup All-Purpose Flour
  3. Take 2 Large Eggs, beaten
  4. Get 2 cups Crushed Corn Flakes
  5. Prepare For the Sauce***
  6. Take 1.5 cups Chicken Broth
  7. Take 0.25 cup Hoisin Sauce
  8. Prepare 0.25 cup Rice Vinegar
  9. Get 3 tbs Reduced Sodium Soy Sauce
  10. Make ready 3 tbs Brown Sugar, packed
  11. Take 2 tbs Cornstarch

General Tso's chicken is a sweet, deep-fried chicken dish that is served in North American Chinese restaurants. This healthier lightened up version A plate of take-out General Tso's Chicken is usually made with deep fried chicken thighs and lots of sugar. Just one plate can easily set you back over. This Healthy General Tso Chicken dish is lower in calories than your classic take out version but it's just as delicious!

Instructions to make Healthy General Tso's Chicken:
  1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Coat a cooling rack with nonstick spray and place on a baking sheet; set aside.
  2. Working in batches, dredge chicken in flour, dip into eggs, then dredge in crushed Corn Flakes, pressing to coat.
  3. Place onto prepared baking sheet and coat with nonstick spray. Place into oven and bake until golden brown and crisp, about 13-15 minutes.
  4. In a large saucepan over medium high heat, combine chicken broth, hoisin, rice vinegar, soy sauce, brown sugar and cornstarch until thickened, about 1-2 minutes. Stir in chicken and gently toss to combine.
  5. Ready to serve and ENJOY!

Just one plate can easily set you back over. This Healthy General Tso Chicken dish is lower in calories than your classic take out version but it's just as delicious! It's packed with steamed broccoli and the chicken isn't deep fried, it's actually coated in cornstarch and stir fried, giving the chicken a lovely crispy coating. You will not miss the deep fryer! General Tso's Chicken is a Chinese-American restaurant staple that is super easy to make at home.

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