I’ve always wondered ... did General Tso win any wars, ... any battles, ... any...?
According to Panda Express, a Fast Food chain, General Tso’s Chicken was invented by their founder and several other restaurants claim it was their recipe that started it. Nobody knows for sure.................
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Tso‘s_chicken
A pretty good documentary on General Ts(a)o and the chicken dish named for him here, as well as how Chinese food in general got so popular here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3fH9zdXE1k