General Tso's Chicken

General Raheel Sharif our very own Chief of Army Staff. Amazing man, loved by many people. He's loved so much that people even thank him if something randomly goes right in their lives.

Still we don't love him as much as the Chinese loved their General Tso Tsung-t'ang that they named a recipe after him called General Tso's Chicken. Though there is no record of this actually being his favorite recipe or not but it originated from his home town and now is one of the favorite American-Chinese dine-in/take-out recipes of all time.

Now to make this recipe you need to make a chili paste which is totally worth it and you can use it in many other recipes as well.

For this chili paste you need 50 dried chilis, 1 cup boiled water, 4 garlic cloves, 1 inch long ginger piece, 1 teaspoon salt, 4 tablespoons white vinegar and 4 tablespoons oil.

Soak the chilies in the water for 30 minutes. Drain the water out of the soaked chilies.

Grind them with 4 tablespoons of vinegar.

Grind garlic cloves and ginger as well.

Put grind chili paste, ground ginger and garlic in non stick pan.

Add 4 tablespoons of oil, salt and cook it on medium heat for 2 minutes.

Chili paste is done and you can store it in a jar.

Now the chili paste is made we can start the recipe.

Ingredients For Chicken Marinade:

500 grams boneless chicken cut into 1 inch bite sized cubes

1/2 teaspoon black pepper

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon sesame oil

Ingredients For Chicken Batter:

1 egg

1/4 cup cornflour

Ingredients For Sauce:

1/2 cup chicken stock

2 tablespoons of chili garlic sauce

1 tablespoon of soy sauce

3 tablespoons of vinegar

2 tablespoons of sugar

1 teaspoon of cornflour

Ingredients For Stir Fry:

4 cloves of garlic finely chopped

4-5 dried red chilies

2 tablespoons of chili paste

2 tablespoons of oil

First of we will marinade the chicken in salt, pepper, baking soda and sesame oil.

Set aside the chicken for 15-30 minutes.

Meanwhile the chicken is marinating we will make the sauce.

In a bowl add sugar, soy sauce, chili garlic sauce, vinegar, chicken stock and cornflour.

Mix it properly.

Now its time to prepare the chicken batter.

For this we will add one egg in the chicken marinade and then add cornflour.

Mix it properly with preferably you clean beautiful hands.

Heat 1 inch deep oil in your non stick pan on medium low heat.

Start cooking the chicken in batches.

It took me two batches to done with my chicken.

Cook for 3-4 minutes on each side and take out the chicken on a paper-toweled plate.

If you want extra crisp on your chicken you need to let it cool down and then fry it in the heating oil once more for 1 to 2 minutes.

Time to prepare the sauce but before we need to stir fry chopped garlic, dried red chilies and chili paste you made for this beautiful recipe in 2 tablespoons of oil.

Stir fry them for 1 minutes and then add the sauce mix.

(before adding the sauce mix give it a good mix as the sugar and cornflour would be set below.

Cook the sauce for 1 to two minutes and add the chicken.

Stir in the chicken for 30 seconds and take it off the heat.

General Tso's chicken is ready to serve.

You can eat it with noodles but I always love stir fried meats in sauce with vegetable fried rice. So, I made myself some.

It's sweet and spicy at the same time blended together in a unique way. It's none other than General Tso's Chicken. Thank you Raheel Sharif for my cooking skills.

Don't forget to comment and tell me how much all of you love me.

Kung Pao Spaghetti

I previously made Kung Pao Chicken with fried rice and in the recipe I replaced peanuts with cashews but I only did it because I made it and I can do whatever I want to my recipes because mAh lyF, mAh rUlx.

I heard from someone that somewhere in California, USA there is a restaurant named California Pizza Kitchen which serves Kung Pao Spaghetti. So, I said HEY! let's try that out and I did some research and finally found the perfect HALAL ingredients for this delicious thing.

Ingredients:

450 grams of spaghetti or pasta of your choice

3 chicken breasts cut into strips

1/2 cup dry roasted peanuts

salt and pepper to taste

2 tablespoons of garlic paste (one for the chicken and one for the gravy)

2/3 cup soy sauce

1 cup chicken stock

2 tablespoons of red grapes vinegar

2 tablespoons red chili paste
(if you cannot find it in the market I will tell you how to make it in this recipe)

1/4 cup of brown sugar

2 tablespoons of cornflour

2 spring onions finely chopped

First of all let me teach ya'll how to make red chili paste if you cannot find it in the market.

Just take approximately 50 dried long red chilies, remove there stems and soak them in hot water for 30 minutes.

Drain them and if seeds come out then drain them as well.

Now blend the soaked red chilies with 4 tablespoons of white vinegar and stop when you it becomes a red paste.

Heat 4 tablespoons of oil in a non stick pan and on low heat stir that paste in that oil, sprinkle some salt and a teaspoon of garlic paste. Mix it all together and take off heat.

Store in a jar.

That's it. Okay?

BEWARE! this red chili paste will burn the world down.

Now let's get down .... to business.

Cook the spaghetti or the pasta according to the instructions on the packet. I am using whole wheat linguine. I am not dieting, I exercise and eat what I want.

Put some salt and black pepper on the chicken according to your ungrateful taste-buds. Add some garlic paste as well. Mix it well and keep it aside.

Now, we prepare the gravy.

Put 2 tablespoons of cornflour in a bowl and whisk it with chicken stock. Then add garlic paste, chili paste, soy sauce, red grapes vinegar and brown sugar.

Now we cook.

Add 2-3 tablespoons of oil in a non stick pan and fry the chicken until it's completely cooked.

Add the gravy mixture in the chicken and cook it for 2-4 minutes until your desired thickness is achieved.

Now if the gravy is thick enough as per your liking add the spaghetti or pasta whatever the hell have you decided along the peanuts and spring onions.

Mix it well and your Kung Pao Spaghetti is ready to be served HOT.

Ladies and gentlemen, do whatever you want but you're not gonna get to taste this. 

KUNG PAO SPAGHETTI !!!