Ground chicken is the key to making a Shortcut General Tso’s Chicken that cuts out extra chopping and deep-frying steps without compromising on the sweet tangy sauce and satisfyingly craggly texture!  We have a simple step-by-step recipe as well as a YouTube video showing you how to make it! Ground chicken to the rescue!  When I buy a package of ground chicken, it’s usually destined for something I’ve made countless times, like chicken meatballs or maybe Sarah’s perennial classic, Thai Basil Chicken.There wasn’t too much deviation beyond that I’m sorry to report.  So when I made my Shortcut Mongolian (Ground) Beef recently, I thought to myself—why not simplify another beloved Chinese restaurant dish with easy-to-reach-for ground meat?  While my dad / Bill has a great recipe for the ideal General Tso’s Chicken, I have to say, on an average day on my own in my apartment, it’s a pretty tall order for me to get out a pot of frying oil!  This shortcut General Tso’s Chicken solves that issue.It’s got all the flavor of a great General Tso’s Chicken with the ease of coming together in one pan, with no leftover frying oil and no double-fry! Bill tried this himself and declared the flavor to be just right!  What Gives General Tso’s its Distinct Flavor?  To be honest, there are so many sweet fried American Chinese takeout chicken dishes out there.

They can start to blur together a bit, from orange chicken to sesame chicken

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