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prep time
25 min
cook time
25 min
ready time
50 min
Keto General Tso's Chicken
General Tso's is a classic Chinese food that is well known and loved for its delicious glaze covering chicken and broccoli. This entree has been developed to make this Chinese food recipe Keto-friendly! Succulent chicken thighs are diced and then tossed in a marinade made from kosher salt, soy sauce, dark soy sauce, egg yolk, and arrowroot powder. The chicken is shallow-fried in a large wok until crispy, golden brown. Broccoli is carefully steamed until al dente and then stir-fried with spicy dried chilies, garlic, and ginger, which is later combined with the cooked chicken thighs. Then the entire dish is glazed with a sauce made from a mixture of soy, dark soy, and rice vinegar for a pop of flavor. You do not have to have a cheat day to enjoy low carb Chinese recipes.
Do I have to use chicken thighs?
Chicken thighs tend to do better with Keto dieters due to it's higher fat content. It is also more forgiving if overcooked. However, you can use chicken breast here instead if you would like to.
What should I do if I do not have dark soy sauce?
You can substitute with regular soy sauce (it just will not have the same depth of flavor and color), mushroom soy sauce, or double black soy sauce.
Do I have to fry the chicken in separate batches?
Frying the chicken as the recipe describes below helps to develop the dish's flavor. However, if you are short on time or patience, you can decrease the ½ cup avocado oil to 2-3 tbsp of oil and simply fry the entire batch of marinated chicken until cooked. Then you will not have excess fat at the end of that step, which will save a lot of time.
What can I serve with this dish?
This dish would, of course, be great served with cauliflower rice. The fiber from the broccoli and cauliflower rice along with the fats in General Tso's will make for the most filling meal.
Net Carbs
5.8 g
Fiber
2 g
Total Carbs
7.8 g
Protein
13.5 g
Fats
6.4 g
142 cals
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Ingredients
Chicken Broilers Or Fryers Thigh Meat Only Raw
5 thigh, bone and skin removed
Coarse Kosher Salt by Morton
¼ tsp
Soy Sauce
2 teaspoon
Dark Soy Sauce by Amoy
1 teaspoon
Raw Egg, Yolk
1 large
Arrowroot Flour
1 tablespoon
Water
3 tablespoon
Soy Sauce
2 teaspoon
Dark Soy Sauce by Amoy
1 teaspoon
Rice Vinegar
1 tablespoon
Arrowroot Flour
1 tablespoon
Broccoli
12 ounce
Avocado Oil
1 tablespoon
Ginger
1 tablespoon, sliced
Garlic
1 tablespoon, chopped
Sesame Oil
1 teaspoon
Recipe Steps
steps 9
50 min
Step 1
To begin the stir-fry process, you want to ensure you have all your ingredients prepped and ready to go into the wok. Once the wok is on, it needs to cook over very high heat to make sure the stir-fry process is done correctly. To start, find a large mixing bowl. You will dice the chicken thighs into small 1” x 1” cubes.Step 2
Then place them into the bowl. To the diced chicken thighs add, ¼ tsp kosher salt, 2 tsp soy sauce, 1 tsp dark soy sauce, 1 egg yolk and 1 tbsp arrowroot powder. Mix well to combine and set aside.Step 3
You will also want to measure the broccoli and set it aside into a bowl as well as the dried chilies weighed. This recipe uses 4 g of dried chilies which is quite spicy. If you like some heat half the amount or leave the chilies out completely. Chop the chilies into small rounds discarding as many of the seeds as possible. Also, mince the garlic and ginger then place them in the small bowl together. Prepare the stir-fry sauce by combining the 3 tbsp water, 2 tsp soy sauce, ½ tsp dark soy sauce, 1 tbsp rice vinegar and 1 tsp arrowroot powder.Step 4
Heat a large wok over high heat until very hot (it should be smoking). Add ½ cup avocado oil and heat until very hot. This avocado oil is left out of the ingredients at the top because there will be minimal fat pick up here and most will be drained out of the wok at the end of this step. Add ⅓ of the marinated chicken thigh mixture and cook stirring constantly until the chicken is golden brown on all sides and almost completely cooked through. Use a slotted spoon to remove the chicken from the cooking oil.Step 5
Then repeat the process two more times dividing the rest of the marinated chicken into two more portions. Now all the chicken should be cooked and set aside. Remove almost all of the oil except 1 ½ tbsp of oil for the next step.Step 6
Now add the broccoli to the wok along with about 4-6 tbsp of water. Stir it briefly and then top with a lid or sheet tray. Steam the broccoli this way for one minute. Remove the lid and stir well. Stirring 30 more seconds if broccoli is not completely bright green on all sides. Remove broccoli to a bowl and set aside.Step 7
Next, add 1 ½ tbsp of avocado oil, swirl the wok to evenly distribute the oil. Then add in the ginger and garlic that has been minced previously. Add the chopped chilies too. Stir briefly for 30 seconds or until fragrant.Step 8
Add the sauce made previously and cook until it starts to thicken.Step 9
Add the chicken and broccoli back into the wok and stir to combine so the sauce glazes the entire dish. Drizzle with sesame seed oil once wok is off the heat.
Comments
NinjaNurse 4 years ago
The dish was pretty good. I didn’t have all the ingredients though. Anyways 2 oz of chicken and 2 oz of broccoli doesn’t seem like much compared to the picture. Still good though
NinjaNurse 4 years ago
There’s no chili’s in the recipe? What kind and how much?
GorgeousAvocado632980 2 years ago
I used red pepper flakes to taste.
Isaiscita 4 years ago
They can be the "chile japones"which u may buy at any mexican grocery store...😊and if uld like it a lil spicy u can buy the"chile de arbol"also at the mexican store....😁😊👍