Lower Fat Baked General Tso's Chicken

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 3 lbs boneless chicken thighs or 3 lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut in strips
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons water
• 1 cup flour
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 3 tablespoons ground ginger
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 4 tablespoons soya sauce
• 4 tablespoons rice wine vinegar ( wine vinegar is fine in a pinch)
• 1/4 cup water
• 2 tablespoons toasted sesame seed oil
• 2 tablespoons hot chili paste (use (to taste) or 2 tablespoons hot chili sauce, if you don't like it very hot (use (to taste)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons cornstarch
• 3 minced garlic cloves
• 3 tablespoons freshly grated ginger
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup water
• rice (for serving)

Recipe

• 1 whisk together egg and 2 tbsp water to make an egg wash.
• 2 combine flour, black pepper, cayenne pepper, ground ginger and salt in a shallow dish.
• 3 dip the chicken pieces in the egg wash then dredge them in the flour mixture.
• 4 place on a lightly oiled baking sheet and lightly drizzle or the tops with a little more olive oil.
• 5 bake at 375 degrees f for about 25-3o minutes. flip the pieces at half way through the cooking time.
• 6 while the chicken is baking, prepare your sauce. don’t walk away from this sauce; it gets very hot when making the caramel base and can burn easily so pay careful attention while cooking it.
• 7 in a small bowl, combine soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, 1/4 c water, toasted sesame seed oil, hot chili paste, salt, corn starch, garlic and ginger. set aside.
• 8 in a medium saucepan, combine sugar and 1/4 c water.
• 9 boil this over medium heat, watching constantly until the caramel starts to turn a light amber color and you can begin to smell the caramel.
• 10 when it reaches this stage, give the other ingredients in the bowl a quick stir to make sure the corn starch is dissolved then add it all at once to the hot caramel.
• 11 be careful at this stage because this sauce can foam up considerably for a few seconds and it is very hot. simmer for only few minutes and remove from the heat and allow to cool down slightly.
• 12 toss the sauce with the cooked chicken pieces and serve over plain steamed rice.