General Tso’s chicken is not a Chinese dish.
This was invented in US Chinese restaurants. As with most US “Chinese food”.
Yeah, and Banh Mi sandwiches can be pretty much anything.
I can’t help but wonder if the Oberlin students are trolling us here - it almost comes across as satire (though, with today’s college students, who the heck knows).
True. You won’t find ‘stinky tofu’, ‘shark fin soup’ or ‘chicken feet’ in your local Chinese restaurant.
“General Tso’s chicken is not a Chinese dish.”
Not exactly. It is based on an Hunanese chicken dish. When a chef moved to NYC, he added a bunch of sugar to the recipe we now know. Cop Suey and Chowmein and fortune cookies are definitely American in origin though.
The Generals Chicken tastes great, but isn’t very good for you, as it exceeds several recommendations for salt, sugar, calories, etc..An occasional treat. But steamed and not fried? Yuck! I’ll have the chicken feet or better yet the Twice-cooked Pork. Yum! Chinese ex-wife.