General Tso's Chicken

• 1 lb dark chicken meat
• 2 tablespoons reduced sodium soy sauce
• 3 teaspoons chinese rice wine or 3 teaspoons dry sherry, divided
• 12 teaspoon white pepper
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 4 tablespoons dark soy sauce (or reduced-sodium)
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 12 teaspoon sesame oil
• 4 -6 dried chilies
• 4 -6 cups oil (for deep frying)
• 1 large garlic clove, minced
• 1 teaspoon minced ginger
• 2 green onions, thinly sliced

1. Cut chicken into cubes.
2. Mix in the soy sauce, 2 teaspoons of the rice wine, white pepper, and the cornstarch, adding the cornstarch last.
3. Marinate the chicken for 30 minutes.
4. Combined the dark soy sauce, sugar, sesame oil and 1 teaspoon rice wine.
5. Set aside.
6. Cut the red chiles in half and remove the seeds.
7. Chop and set aside.
8. Heat the oil to 350F When the oil is hot, add the chicken cubes and deep-fry until they are lightly browned.
9. Remove from the wok and drain on paper towels.
10. Raise the temperature of the wok to 400F Deep-fry the chicken a second time briefly, until the chicken turns a golden brown.
11. Remove from the wok and drain on paper towels.
12. Drain the wok, leaving 2 tablespoons of oil for stir-frying.
13. When the oil is hot, add the garlic, ginger, and green onions.
14. Stir fry briefly until aromatic.
15. Add the chiles and cook for 1 minute.
16. Add the sauce in the middle of the wok and bring it to a boil.
17. Add the chicken and mix through.

chicken meat, soy sauce, chinese rice wine, white pepper, cornstarch, soy sauce, sugar, sesame oil, chilies, oil, garlic, ginger, green onions

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/general-tsos-chicken-405728 (may not work)