Air Fryer General Tsos

February 12, 2020

General Tsos Chicken in an Air Fryer makes a quick dinner that is great when on a diet and is so much better than take out and faster especially if you live 20 minutes from the closest Chinese restaurant like us.

This is a perfectly crispy coated chicken tossed in a tasty spicy sauce. Serve over rice or cauliflower rice.

This is a great full of flavor dish that will make any spicy food lover very HAPPY!!!

Check out other fun no-takeout takeout recipes Kung Pao Chicken

TIPS:

Use Chicken Breast to save Calories over Chicken Thighs. Cooking in the Air Fryer keeps chicken juicy
Use Cooking Spray to brown the Chicken
To add a crisp make sure to add plenty of cornstarch in your house
Use Cauliflower rice to cut additional calories
Measure the sauce ingredients while the chicken is in the air fryer. This really eliminates stress.

Air Fryer General Tsos Chicken

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Course: Dinner, Lunch

Cuisine: Chinese

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 25 minutes

Marinade Chicken: 10 minutes

Total Time: 50 minutes

Servings: 6

Calories: 289kcal

Author: Belly Laugh Living

Ingredients

1 1/2 Pound Chicken Breast

Marinade

2 Egg Whites
1 1/2 Tablespoon Light Soy Sauce
1/2 Tablespoon Rice Vinegar
1 1/2 teaspoon Sesame Oil

Coating

3/4 Cup Cornstarch
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon white pepper can use black pepper
Olive Oil Spray

Broccoli

2 Cups Broccoli
2 teaspoon salt

Sauce

1 Cup Chicken Stock
2 teaspoon chili garlic sauce
2 Tablespoon Rice Vinegar
2 Tablespoon Chinese rice wine (sake) or dry sherry
3 Tablespoon Light Soy Sauce
3 teaspoon Hoisin Sauce
1 teaspoon sesame oil
1/2 Tablespoon Sugar
3 teaspoon cornstarch

Cooking Sauce

1 Tablespoon Vegetable Oil
2 Cloves Garlic
2 teaspoon Ginger
6 Dried red chilies

Instructions

Cut Chicken Breast into bite size pieces
Mix together Merinade egg whites, soy sauce, rice vinegar, sesame oil
Pour Merinade over chicken. Stir merinade and chicken
Mix together cornstarch, salt, white pepper and baking powder
Toss Chicken pieces into cornstarch coating mixture
Set Chicen aside for at least 10 minutes

Air Fry Chicken

Spray Air Fryer with cooking spray (We used Olive Oil spray)
Place a layer of the marinaded chicken in Air Fryer
Cook Chicken in Air Fryer at 375 for 8 minutes
Toss and Cook for Additional 6 minutes at 375

Broccoli

While Air Frying Chicken prepare the Broccoli
Cut 2 Cups of Broccoli into bite size pieces
Bring 4 cups of water to a boil
Add 1 teaspoon Salt to water
Add the Brocolli. Blanch for one minute. The broccolli will be bright green

Sauce

Mix togeter all ingredents (chicken stock, rice vinegar, rice wine, chili garlic sauce, soy sauce, hoisin sauce, and sesame oil, sugar and cornstarch)
Heat oil
Add Garlic, Ginger and red dried peppers to oil. Cook until they soften. 2 3 minutes
Add the sauce to the pan with the garlic and ginger,bring to a boil. The sauce will thicken. NOTE add additional cornstarch if the sauce is not thick enough. Add 1/2 teaspoon at a time. Mix the cornstarch with a teaspoon of water to make sure it will not clump)
When the sauce has thicken about 4 minutes stir in the chicken and broccoli
Serve and enjoy