General Nickface's Chicken
About
General Nickface's Chicken is a Chinese style dish, introduced to 5punk through Nickface. It is based off the popular dish General Tso's chicken, with a few tweaks here and there. If often goes well with Nickface's Chicken Fried Rice.
Ingredients
For the Chicken
- 1 large egg, beaten
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Some black and/or white pepper
- Cornstarch for dusting chicken pieces
- About 3-4 boneless chicken breasts
For the sauce
- 2 1/2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1 tablespoon ginger
- 2 tablespoons hoisin sauce
- 3 teaspoons sugar
- 3 teaspoons Chinese white rice vinegar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons dry sherry
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch, for dusting
You will also need a generous amount of oil for deep frying.
Directions
Take the egg, salt and pepper and mix it together in a large bowl. Cut the chicken breasts up into bite sided chunks and add it to the mixture, make sure all the pieces are coated, and set aside.
Mix together all the ingredients for the sauce. Set that aside.
In a wok or other large frying pan, put in some oil and heat it to frying temperature. Take the bits of chicken that are covered in egg and dust them with cornstarch and deep fry them. Continue to do this until they are all fried a nice golden brown.
Empty the grease from your pan, and readd the chicken pieces. Making sure everything is once again heated, take the bowl of sauce and cover the chicken and mix is around until all pieces are covered.
Additional Notes
Generally, it is recommended that the chicken be covered in a generous amount of sauce, so doubling the amount is highly encouraged.
