General Tao
Sweet spicy poultry
General Tao is a North American Chinese restaurant dish of deep-fried chicken pieces coated in a sweet, tangy, mildly spicy sauce.
The dish appears on menus as General Tso's, General Tao's, or simply General Tao, with spelling varying by region—Tao is more common in Canada.
I'll have the General Tao with fried rice.
Despite the name, the dish has no verified connection to the Qing dynasty military leader Zuo Zongtang.
- fryCook in hot fat
- chickenDomestic fowl for eating
- orange chickenBattered poultry in tangy glaze
- rice bowlVessel for steamed grain
- deep friedCooked submerged in oil
sugar · sauce · sweet and sour · sweet · sticky · food court · takeout box · cornstarch · garlic · spicy · sesame oil · glaze · crispy · chili peppers · vinegar · crunch · ginger · batter
General Taosteamed chicken
Poultry cooked by steam
steamed fish · steamed dumplings · steamed vegetables · congee · hot and sour soup
General Taoegg drop soup
Broth with stirred-in beaten yolks
winter melon soup · plain rice · moo goo gai pan · congee · Buddha's delight
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