General Tso’s with lettuce wraps

September 2020 (Private)

General Tso's Chicken with Broccoli

Chicken lettuce wraps

Menu

General Tso’s Chicken with broccoli

Chicken lettuce wraps

Jasmine rice

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Ingredients & Supplies

Supplies

• Wok

• Large frying pan

• Rice cooker, or oven-safe dish

HONEY-SOY GREEN BEANS

• Fresh green beans

• Honey

ACROSS THE MENU

• Soy sauce

• Sweet rice cooking wine (or mirin)

• Garlic

• Ginger (~1/2 inch of root)

• Toasted Sesame oil

• Green onions (3 stalks)

Ingredients

GENERAL TSO’S CHICKEN

• Chicken thigh

• Corn starch

• Chicken stock

• Brown sugar

• Broccoli

• White sesame seeds

• Dried red chillies

• Ground white pepper

• Jasmine rice (and butter or oil, for oven cooking instructions)

LETTUCE WRAPS

• Small head lettuce

• Ground chicken / meat

• 1/2 small onion

• Hoisin sauce

• Sriracha (or chili-garlic alternative)

• Diced vegetables: water chestnuts, mushrooms, peppers, carrot, etc.

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Cook-along Steps

• Step 1: Start the rice

  Use the rice-to-water ratios suggested by the packaging.

  Rice cooker instructions:

  • Mix the rice & water

  • Start the cooker

  Oven instructions:

  • Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. Bring water to a boil.

  • In an oven-safe dish, mix together: the rice, boiling water, and 1 tbsp butter (per cup of rice)

  • Cover with foil, and bake for 25-30 min.

• Step 2: Chop & prep for everything

  General Tso’s

  • Chop chicken into bite-size pieces

  • Smash & chop 3 cloves of garlic

  • Chop ½ tbsp of ginger

  • Chop broccoli into medium-sized florets

  Lettuce wraps

  • Dice small onion

  • Chop 2 cloves of garlic

  • Mince ½ tbsp ginger

  • Finely dice vegetables (mushrooms, bell peppers, carrots, water chestnuts)

• Step 3: Prepare chicken for frying

  General Tso’s chicken

  In a bowl, mix together 1 tbsp sesame oil, 1 tbsp soy sauce. Add diced chicken into the bowl.

  In a separate, small bowl, mix together 1/4 cup corn starch, 1 tsp ground white pepper, and 1 tsp salt. Add this into the chicken and mix well to coat each piece.

• Step 4: Start the lettuce wrap filling

  In a skillet, heat up some vegetable oil. Add chopped onions, garlic, and minced ginger to hot oil. Stir & cook for about 2 min. Add ground meat and mix. Cook for 5 min or until meat is well browned.

• Step 5: Fry chicken, simmer wrap filling

  General Tso’s chicken

  Heat up oil in a wok for the chicken.

  Once the oil is hot, slowly fry the chicken in small batches. For a crispier fry, try not to overcrowd the pan.

  Lettuce wraps

  Meanwhile, mix the following into a blended sauce:

  • 1/3 cup hoisin sauce

  • 2 tbsp soy sauce

  • 1 tbsp rice cooking wine / mirin

  • 1 tbsp sriracha

  Add the diced vegetables and sauce into the pan with the ground chicken.

  Lower to medium heat and cover.

• Step 6: Make the General Tso's sauce

  Whisk together:

  • 3 tbsp soy sauce

  • 3 tbsp rice cooking wine / mirin

  • 2 tsp hoisin sauce

  • 1/3 cup chicken stock or water

  • 3 tbsp brown sugar

  • 1 tbsp cornstarch

• Step 7: The final stir fry

  General Tso’s chicken

  Drain all but ~1 tbsp oil from the wok. Add garlic, ginger, and crushed red pepper. Stir and cook.

  Add sauce and simmer until it thickens.

  Add fried chicken and broccoli. Stir well and cover for 2 min.

  Lettuce wraps

  Turn the heat off for the lettuce wrap fillings. Add 1 tbsp of toasted sesame oil and mix.

• Step 8: Plate, garnish, and serve!

  General Tso’s chicken

  Top with chopped scallions (greens) and sesame seeds.

  Lettuce wraps

  Scoop filling into a lettuce leaf & garnish with chopped scallions

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