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General Tso Chicken on Cauliflower “Rice”

Course Main Course
Cuisine Chinese
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 4 serving

Ingredients

  • 1 chicken breast large cut into bite size chunk
  • 1/2 cauliflower head
  • vegetable oil for frying
  • 1 1/2 tbsps vegetable oil
  • ginger minced or zested root
  • 2 tsps chopped garlic
  • 4 u2013 5 chili red
  • 2 u2013 4 green onion - roughly chopped
  • 2 1/2 tbsps rice vinegar
  • 3 tbsps soy sauce (pref: dark)
  • 2 tsps sauce hoison
  • 1/4 cup water

Instructions

  • Roughly chop cauliflower so all pieces fit easily in the food processor
  • Pulse until it looks granular, almost like those styrofoam crumbs (it tastes way better, I swear)
  • stir fry on high in oil, seasoned with salt until warm- if it starts to sizzle itu2019s done
  • In a bow mix together the ginger, vinegar, soy sauce, hoison sauce and water
  • Add a good amount of oil to a wok and fry the chicken til no longer pink. Season with salt and pepper
  • Remove the chicken from the wok and add the garlic and peppers, sautee briefly, then add the sauce
  • bring sauce to a boil then simmer til it reduces a little.
  • Add chicken and cook for 5 minutes
  • Stir in scallions and allow to cook 1 more minute covered.