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To be honest, I have to admit it first and foremost that anything cooked together with rice is my favourite food, it's not all about here that it can be also ordered out, it's just about taking care of your own health, making goood eating habits during the time and simply enjoying the life. I would definitely recommend this wonderful recipe to anyone willing to do all the mentioned pea coats above!

I personally wouldn't call this a 'quick' recipe, but it's well worth the extra effort. It's one of our favorites in our house since general tso's is my husband's favorite. The ingredients are simple yet very scrumptious.

Thinking about making this for my family...and I was wondering about substituting broccoli for the peas. My husband doesn't like them. Any thoughts?

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I am generally leary of "lighter" recipes as they are usually not worth the effort, but this was a pleasant suprise. I recently moved to an area where there is a lack of quality chinese food restaurants and was desperately craving General Gao's Chicken. Let me tell you, this recipe does not dissapoint. Of course it won't taste identical to the full fat version, but it tastes delicious in it's own right. Make it, you won't be dissapointed!

When eating a lighter recipe, the sauce is SUPPOSED to lighter...making more sauce defeats the purpose of lighter

When eating a lighter recipe, the sauce is SUPPOSED to lighter...making more sauce defeats the purpose of lighter

I loved this recipe and had a wonderful time doing it, but I didn't have enough sauce and flavor. Double the sauce and it should be fine.

Loved this recipe. Followed the advice and doubled the chicken and increased the sauce. Added a bag of frozen veggies - but over steamed a bit before I added everything together - next time no pre-steaming. Added jar of small mushrooms and baby asian corn. Loved it!

Very good recipe. Next time, I will increase the chicken by 1/2 lb. It needed a bit more.

I would call this recipe Lieutenant Tso's. The sauce is not very viscous (adding honey may be a good idea), and it called for additional spices to give it some impact. We doubled the chicken to two pounds, thankfully, because had we not, it would have been a snowpea salad with some chicken on top.

It was fine, but not like the take-out.

I prepared this recipe tonight because I wanted to avoid getting take-out, and it was amazing!
Way better than take out! I modified it by adding sliced carrots...

This was wonderful! I found this while searching for the famous Chicken Orzo recipe which I am making tomorrow. So tonight, I made this recipe with pork instead of chicken and it was delicious. I am sure it is equally wonderful with chicken and I may try it with shrimp. Next time, I will add some julienned carrots, water chestnuts and baby corn just to amp up the vegetables. My PICKY eaters gobbled it up! Definitely a keeper! THANKS MARTHA!

Delicious! My husband and I are counting calories, so we were excited to try a lighter version of General Tsao's. The chili pepper flakes provide just the right amount of heat. The sauce is not as sweet as some variations - but it is perfect with the ginger, garlic and brown sugar. We added some sliced carrots and water chestnuts.

AMAZING. Seriously. I had my doubts ... but our family of four all loved it. Amazing flavor - not TOO spicy - delicious!

THIS WAS WONDERFUL. VERY EASY AND GREAT FLAVOR. EVEN MY HUSBAND LOVED IT.

Excellent... better than ordering it out!

A new family favorite! I should have doubled the sauce (will do next time). Used broccoli and served over white rice. No leftovers! m

Super recipe! My three picky eaters and husband loved, loved, loved this. I doubled the batch and used the leftovers for lunch.

This was a very big hit with my husband and teenaged son. Pretty dish, also. I will definitely make it again.

Will be making this again.. I doubled the sauce as others mentioned. Maybe cut back on the sugar. BUT was very tasty over brown rice!!! Oh and I added extra chile flakes and lots of ginger

Yum! Great recipe! I will double the sauce next time too. The chicken was so tender and moist.

I've made this twice now, and my family loves it! The second time, I did double the sauce and instead of peas I added green onion. Two thumbs up for this recipe!

Made this last week and it was a hit! Served over brown rice. I think the only modification I would have made was doubling the sauce components for more sauce.

Very good. I would recommend cooking the snow peas in the shorter time frame, mine turned out a bit soft. I also added the rice in with the chicken mix at the end. Yum!

This was very delicious, worth the extra effort.

A little time intensive but VERY tasty without the fat. I really liked the batter for the chicken and will totally use this strategy for other Asian inspired stir-fries. The sauce was the right balance of spicy and sweet. Will make again.

The end product was delicious and a definite hit, but just beware of all the starchy mix that sticks to the pan when cooking the chicken. Before adding your second half of the marinaded chicken, I'd suggest scraping it off to avoid it from burning/getting in the way of the heat from getting to the chicken.

Oops...I wrote etools and it changed it to stools!

For Weight Watchers: Plug in the recipe ingredients on stools and it will calculate the points for you.

For Weight Watchers: Plug in the recipe ingredients on stools and it will calculate the points for you.

Is anyone on weightwatchers? This sounds good. But I need to be able to calculate the point value. I wish Martha would include the nutritional information for her recipes. Thanks.

I made this tonight for the first time and it was absolutely delicious. I followed the recipe except I used Splenda brown sugar blend instead of regular brown sugar, and I also used shrimp instead of chicken. I added julienned carrots and mushrooms to it as well. This will definitely be a regular meal for me now.

This was delicious.. we added fresh broccoli, green peppers, carrots and pineapple. It is an easy recipe worth making!

This was fab. A lot less expensive than ordering takeout. Followed recipe exactly and added waterchestnuts. Yum.

My egg white and cornstarch mixture did not stick to the chicken. Should I have made sure it was really dry first? How can I solve this problem next time. We really enjoyed this dish!

This is one of my go-to recipes. I use frozen snap peas instead of fresh and it works fine. The chicken comes out crispy and flavorful (I substitute thigh meat). This is a healthy and delicious staple meal.

This was fantastic. No problems with breading sticking. Well done, Martha Stewart website.

This is alright. I didn't have much luck with the breading sticking to the chicken in the pan... it stuck to the pan instead. I thought the sauce tasted okay. I probably won't be making this particular version again... Guess I'll keep looking for the perfect at-home General Tso's dish.

Wonderful recipe. I prefer a less hot version but my husband added hot sauce to his serving and lioved it too! He didn't even realize it was a "light" version.

This is a great recipe! Awesome flavor! I added a sliced red pepper to the snow pea mixture also. And the I served it with a salad with Carrot Ginger dressing. I will be making this again!

I thought this was delicious! I'm always hesitant to order this off a Chinese menu because I know it's loaded with calories. This was a great alternative. Be careful with the red pepper flakes - it gets very spicy very quickly!

I think they forgot about the brown sugar in the directions. I assume to mix it in with all the other stuff.

Not as good as I was hoping for. A bit sweet --next time I'd use 2 TB brown sugar and put egg-white mixture dipped chicken chunks on a rack before adding to pan so excess coating doesn't make them clump together. Time consuming de-stringing and prepping the snow peas. Need srichacha.

Does anyone think the meal would be compromised in any way if I left the cutlets whole? Once I made a similar dish and it was very labor intensive. Thanks.

I made this 2 days ago. I thought it was easy and delicious and would definitely make it again. The sauce has just the right amount of heat and sweetness.

This dish was so yummy! Substituted green beans for snow peas because it was what I had on hand and also added toasted almonds. I will probably add extra red pepper flakes next time and maybe some hoison sauce. Otherwise it's fabulous!
Definitely will make it again.

Fairynuff I don't understand what you are talking about when you say "done with cornflower makes a rather nice change than bread crumbing it." There is cornstarch in the recipe, but not cornflour? At any rate I am going to try the recipe since it sounds really easy and very good.

Is a nice change to the common week night meals. Nice flavor....you could even substitute the peas for other vegetables - peppers, carrots..

This dish is amazing! The chicken comes out quite crispy , done with the cornflour makes a rather nice change than bread crumbbing it .My nan had a taste of just the chicken , and she loved it, she had some on a plate with salad which also looked yummy. Anyone thinking of trying this dish should DO IT you won't be disappointed .

I made this for dinner last night with brocolli instead of snow peas (my kids won't eat them!). It was bland somehow even with the red-pepper flakes. We did love the texture of the chicken though. Next time I'll add a couple tablespoons of hoisin paste to the sauce to give it the little something it was missing...

I make a different menu every week so we keep our diets varied and interesting; this is the only repeat performer in a good couple of months. YUMMM

My husband loved this when I made it and now it's something that he makes for the both of us. (wink)

I will probaby just smash the garlic next time (didn't like eating the pieces). Good flavor. My 2 year old had seconds.

Made this tonight and it was very good. I will make this again for sure. Everyone finished their dinner!

I made this last night and really enjoyed it. I had one issue with the amount water/cornstarch for the sauce, it was too thick and required more water. I used green beans and would make it more spicy in the future. Very good, tasty recipe!

I posted a photo, additional comments and the credited recipe on my blog:
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Hi Marcie, all you have to do to email this recipe, is to copy and paste...if you do not know how, here goes:

left click and hold down on what you want to copy and drag down til you are at the end of what you want copied...it should all turn blue hi-lited...then right click on COPY...open up your email compose page, just like you were writing a letter to be emailed...click inside your email body and RIGHT CLICK your mouse and hit PASTE...Then just email your letter ; ) Micheline

It was just like chinese take out but only better. The flavors and texture and look of this dish were outstanding. It was a very healthy version. And it was very easy. And I learned new things with this recipe. Thank you for making "good things" easier to come into my home.

I have made this recipe at least 4 times in my house and my kids and husband can't get enough.

Looks like a great recipe.
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This dish was delicious, and easy, and I had everything I needed already in my kitchen except for the pea pods. I substituted carrots and broccoli for the pea pods tho and my husband and I both loved it!

this was amazing and so easy to make.

This was fabulous. Quick and really tasty.

Excellent!

I made this last night and it was a huge hit! Great recipe. Very authentic, and so much healthier than the restaurant version. I agree with the other commenter about topping with sliced scallions. I might also add toasted sesame seeds as a garnish.

This was SO YUMMY! As good as the Chinese takeout we usually get, but much healthier. Made it on a weeknight, too..very fast. The only caveat: the hot oil does tend to splatter, so there IS some stove clean-up after the fact, but it is WELL worth it. I might mix in some sliced scallions just before serving, but that's just a personal preference.