🇨🇳🇺🇸 My dad's General Tso's Chicken (左宗棠鸡) - A Chinese American Icon

Watch Daddy Lau teach us how to make General Tso's Chicken, a dish he's made thousands of times in his 50 years as a Chinese chef. 🍴 WRITTEN RECIPE + INGREDIENTS🍴 Visit our blog for step-by-step instructions: https://madewithlau.com/recipes/general-tsos-chicken 🍜 JOIN THE CANTO COOKING CLUB 🍜 Develop the intuition and foundation to cook Cantonese food with exclusive classes from Daddy Lau! Take a free peek inside: https://bit.ly/mwlclub 🍳 COOKWARE WE USE/LOVE 🍳 - Chinese Cleaver: https://amzn.to/4eMSoL9 - Carbon Steel Wok: https://amzn.to/3BH16fq - Stainless Steel Spatula: https://amzn.to/4fomqVZ - Non-Stick Wok: https://amzn.to/47Q8fGk - Non-Stick Spatula: https://amzn.to/489rWsY - Gas Burner: https://amzn.to/3XYAQVI - Electric Burner: https://amzn.to/4eLoXZO - Steaming rack: https://amzn.to/4eKewpQ - Steaming rack with holes: https://amzn.to/408qPYu 🥢 KITCHEN ACCESSORIES WE USE/LOVE 🥢 - Infrared Laser Temperature Gun: https://amzn.to/3ZRioAK - Wireless Meat Thermometer: https://amzn.to/3BE6iRg - Food Scale: https://amzn.to/47QRIC6 👨‍🍳 DAD'S SPECIAL INGREDIENTS 👨‍🍳 - Light Soy Sauce: https://amzn.to/3NcsQva - Dark Soy Sauce: https://amzn.to/3Y6uyV8 - Chicken Bouillon: https://amzn.to/3ZQWn4V - Sesame Oil: https://amzn.to/3XJGef6 - Rice Cooking Wine: https://amzn.to/4gJG405 - Shaoxing Cooking Wine: https://amzn.to/3TWiBib - Premium Oyster Sauce: https://amzn.to/4drBPTS - Chili Oil: https://amzn.to/3Y7w1uo - Hoisin Sauce: https://amzn.to/3Y9mwuJ - Vegetarian Oyster Sauce: https://amzn.to/47RJ0U5 - Gluten-Free Oyster Sauce: https://amzn.to/3NdKPRK - Handcrafted Soy Sauce: https://bit.ly/handcrafted-soysauce 🎥 MY CAMERA GEAR! 🎥 - Workhorse Camera: https://amzn.to/3UaMdsd - Lens for Wide Shots: https://amzn.to/3YpCUHD - Lens for Detail Shots: https://amzn.to/4h781if - Macro Lens: https://amzn.to/3Y6ANXF These links are affiliate links, which means that if you use our links to purchase these ingredients, Amazon pays my family a small amount for the sale - at no extra cost to you. If you use these links, we really appreciate the support! ⏲ CHAPTERS ⏲ 00:00 - Intro 00:40 - Cut chicken 00:54 - Background on General Tso’s Chicken 01:43 - Marinate chicken 02:24 - Prepare chicken batter 03:24 - How do you know if your batter is the right consistency? 03:41 - Chop other ingredients 04:38 - Start heating oil for deep frying 04:55 - A quick primer on oils and smoke points 06:02 - How do you know if the oil is hot enough to fry? 07:44 - Create sauce mix 08:41 - Mix chicken with batter and start frying 10:32 - Remove chicken from wok #1 11:45 - Deep fry chicken #2 12:23 - Cook the sauce + flavors 13:58 - My thoughts on discrimination, "authentic" cuisine 17:41 - Has dad tried General Tso’s Chicken back in China? 18:20 - More on why we fry the chicken twice 19:02 - My parents’ stories on not having cooking oil in China 20:09 - Can you reuse the oil for later? 21:06 - Life lessons for Cam Cam 🔗 LINKS MENTIONED 🔗 The Search for General Tso: https://amzn.to/3bF7rZC On Wok Hei: http://youtu.be/gKw8jMn9Zmo Additional recommended reading/watching Omsom's photo essay on why they don't use the word "authentic": https://www.instagram.com/p/CMSl-DnBAc4/ @ChineseCookingDemystified on "Why Chinese Food uses so much from the Americas" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irrRrr1FvmQ Atlas Obscura on how Monterey's once-thriving Chinese community was forced out - https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/how-chinese-fishermen-helped-build-california 🎵 OTHER CREDITS 🎵 Intro Flute Music - Performed by Daddy Lau Copyright Chillhop Music - https://chll.to/49e6fa9c Copyright Chillhop Music - https://chll.to/4ca8cc15 Overhead Camera Rig built by P.Oak - https://www.instagram.com/p.oak.co/ 💛 OUR FAMILY 💛 Learn more about the Lau family, and why we started this channel + blog: https://madewithlau.com/family 👋 CONNECT WITH US 👋 https://www.tiktok.com/@madewithlau https://www.instagram.com/madewithlau https://www.facebook.com/madewithlau https://www.pinterest.com/madewithlau 🙏 SUPPORT OUR CHANNEL 🙏 If you enjoy these videos and want to support us being able to continue creating content for many years to come, we’d love for you to consider becoming a patron of Made With Lau. https://www.patreon.com/madewithlau