food Kicked Up General Tso's Chicken on a Smoking Hot Charcoal Fueled Wok

This is one of favorite go-to dishes that we haven't made it in a while, so it was time to revive an old stand by.

First, the players - top row from upper left to rt:

Marinated boneless chicken thigh pieces dipped in eggwash
Thinly sliced jalapenos
Scallions

Bottom row, left to rt:

General Tso's sauce
Toasted hot chiles in oil

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Next, we put the chicken pieces on a pizza screen, and then coated the chicken with cornstarch to prep for deep frying:


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Meanwhile, I fired up a chimney starter with mesquite lump:

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While the coals were getting hot, we deep fried the chicken till just crispy:


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Crispy goodness out of the frying oil:


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Dumped the hot coals in the Kingsford Oval:

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When the lump got super hot, I put the wok on the grill:


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Then The Missus dumped the sauce in the wok:


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Then added the toasted chiles:

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When the sauce started bubbling, we added the chicken:

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Then added the jalapenos and scallions and I started stirring and tossing the chicken in the General’s sauce:


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And finally, the chicken plated and ready to eat:


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What a great combo of crispy, sour, spicy, and a touch of sweet. We gobbled up every last bit of it, and I ate all of the toasted hot chiles, too!
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Here’s a link to the recipe from Serious Eats, in case anyone’s interested(I would advise increasing the sauce by 50%, and we add the Jalapenos for extra kick, even though it's not in the recipe):

Eileen Yin-Fei Lo's General Tso's Chicken
 
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