Easy General Tso Chicken Recipe

Love General Tso Chicken? Want to make it at home? With this easy General Tso Chicken Recipe, you can make this Chinese food favorite anytime. Quick and easy,  this is the best General Tso chicken you can make. As a bonus, it’s a $10 dinner.

Easy General Tso Chicken Recipe

Whenever we order Chinese food, I always get General Tso Chicken. It is one of my absolute favorites. Even the girls love it. I can make this version of easy General Tso Chicken for less than it costs for a family version, and it tastes even better. 

Since we love Chinese food but it is usually not great when you are trying to eat healthy. That is why I have revamped some of the dishes I love to make them more Weight Watchers friendly like

• Crockpot Skinny Orange Chicken Recipe
• Instant Pot Beef and Broccoli
• Egg Roll in a Bowl
• Instant Pot Mongolian Beef
• Roasted Asian Shrimp
• Weight Watchers Thai Basil Beef Pad Gra Prow
• Drunkard Noodles Thai Dish with Rice Noodles

What is General Tso Chicken

General Tso’s chicken is an American version of a Chinese Restaurants take out. It is batter and fried chicken that is covered in a sweet and slightly spicy sauce.

What to Serve with Homemade General Tso

When you order General Tso Chicken as take out, you often get it with steamed broccoli and rice. You can also make fried rice or Lo mein noodles. If you want to keep this meal love in points, you can also serve it with Cauliflower Fried Rice.

Can the General Tso Sauce Be Made Ahead of Time?

If you love General Tso Chicken, and want to be able to make it often, you can make a large batch of the sauce and store it in the refrigerator. Then you can cook the chicken and toss it in the sauce and heat it in the frying pan.

Is General Tso Chicken Spicy?

General Tso does have a little bit of heat to it. With my easy recipe, you can add as much heat or as little heat as you like. You can choose the heat you like so that everyone so everyone loved this recipe

How to Reheat This Chicken Recipe

If you have leftovers of this chicken you can reheat it in the oven, in a skillet or in the microwave. When you reheat the chicken in the microwave, it will lose some of its crispiness.

How Many Weight Watchers Points in this recipe?

When you use a sugar substitute, this recipe is 5 Weight Watchers points. 

• 5 Points all plans

If you want to use skinless boneless chicken breast, you will want to cook the chicken and then use the same sauce with sugar substitute, this recipe comes in at

• 0 points on Blue and Purple
• 2 Points on Green

Want More Weight Watchers Recipes?

• Chicken Parmesan
• Garlic Parmesan Shrimp
• Salsa Chicken
• Weight Watchers Pizza with Pepperoni
• Homemade Balsamic Salad Dressing with Lemon

Ingredients

When I am making this recipe, I like to use frozen popcorn chicken. You can also use boneless, skinless chicken breast for a lighter version, or use boneless, skinless chicken thighs that you coat in flour and fry.

Ingredients in General Tso Chicken Sauce

• Chicken broth
• Tomato paste
• Soy sauce
• Rice vinegar
• Hoisin sauce
• Chili paste
• Sesame oil or vegetable oil
• Sugar or sugar substitute
• Cornstarch
• Sesame Seeds
• Fresh Chilis, Red Pepper Flakes, and fresh garlic (optional)

How to Make General Tso Chicken

Start by making the chicken. Either bake the frozen chicken according to the directions or dice the chicken breast and bake until it is done.

While the chicken is baking, mix the sauce ingredients together, making sure to dissolve the sugar and cornstarch.

Add a small amount of oil into the wok or frying pan. If adding fresh chilis and fresh garlic to the sauce and sauté (or stir fry).

When the chicken is done, add the chicken pieces to the sauce in the pan and coat thoroughly.

Cook the sauce and chicken for a few minutes until the sauce is nice and thick and the chicken has absorbed it.

Serve with fried rice and a veggie, and of course fortune cookies.