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Woo Can Cook (live) | Double Fried General Tso's Chicken (Panda Express Hack), AMA!

hi hello! Tonight we're making a General Tso's Chicken recipe that i wrote which is loosely based on hacking the Panda Express General Tso's Chicken, and makes use of the J Kenji Lopez "double fry" method for a super crunchy fried chicken. Tonight's "Woo Can Cook" version deviates from the Panda Express recipe in a few ways, mainly in the incorporation of spicy black bean paste, which you may more commonly recognize from the Chinese "Zha Jiang Mian" noodle dish.

Freshen up on the recipe here, bookmark the stream here, and pick up the ingredients below if you want to follow along and cook dinner with me.

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 lb chicken thigh

  • 1/4 cup corn starch

  • 1/4 cup AP flour

  • 1 egg

  • 4 cloves garlic

  • 4 tb ginger

  • 12 oz vegetable oil + 4 tb additional oil to cook

  • 2 green onions

  • Sesame seeds

INGREDIENTS (sauce)

  • 1 tb corn starch

  • 1 cup chicken stock

  • 2 tb rice ginegar

  • 4 tb soy sauce

  • 2 tb oyster sauce

  • 1 tb black bean sauce

  • 2 tb mirin