Easy General Tso's Chicken

Ingredients for Easy General Tso's Chicken

• 450g green beans, trimmed

• 110ml vegetable oil, divided

• 2 1/4 teaspoons kosher salt, divided

• 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, divided

• 30g plus 2 tablespoons cornflour

• 900g boneless, skinless chicken thighs, breasts, or a mix, patted dry, cut into 1" chunks

• 60ml plus 1 tablespoon honey

• 60ml low-sodium soy sauce

• 1 large garlic clove, finely grated

• 45ml unseasoned rice vinegar

• 1 tablespoon Sriracha

• 1 tablespoon tomato paste

• 1 teaspoon finely grated ginger

• 6 (or more) dried whole red chillies, such as chillies de árbol

• 1 spring onion, thinly sliced

• Cooked rice (for serving)

Preheat oven to 218°C. Toss green beans with 1 tablespoon oil, 1/2 teaspoons salt, and 1/4 teaspoons pepper on a rimmed baking sheet. Roast, tossing once halfway through, until crisp-tender and blackened in spots, 12-15 minutes.

Whisk cornflour, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, and 1/2 teaspoons pepper in a large bowl. Heat 45ml oil in a large skillet over high. Add chicken to cornflour mixture and toss to coat. Cook half of chicken, turning occasionally, until chicken is cooked through and a light brown crust forms, 5–7 minutes.

Meanwhile, mix honey, soy sauce, garlic, vinegar, Sriracha, tomato paste, ginger, 3 tablespoons water, and remaining 1/4 teaspoons salt and 1/4 teaspoons pepper in a medium bowl.

Transfer chicken to a plate. Heat remaining 45ml oil in skillet over high. Cook remaining chicken 5 minutes, then add chillies (you can add a few more depending on your heat preference) and cook, stirring and making sure chillies make contact with bottom of pan, until chicken is cooked through and chillies have toasted and puffed, about 1 minute more. Stir in honey mixture. Return first batch of chicken to skillet, toss to coat, and cook until sauce is reduced and thickened, about 2 minutes.

Divide chicken and green beans among plates. Top with spring onions. Serve with rice alongside.

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