Keto General Tso Chicken

Keto General Tso Chicken (4 Servings, Headbanger's Kitchen)

1 pound Chicken Thighs You want to use boneless and skinless chicken

Marinade: 

1 Egg

1/2 Tbsp Soya Sauce*

1/2 Tbsp Rice Wine Vinegar

1/2 Tbsp Sesame Oil

Salt & Pepper to taste

1/2 Tsp Baking Powder 

Psyllium Husks (as required)

Oil/Lard/Ghee/Bacon Fat for deep frying

Sauce Ingredients:

1 Tbsp Chicken Fat 

1-2 tsp minced garlic

1-2 tsp minced ginger root

2 scallions (spring onion), slice both the white and green then separate them for later

1/4 Cup Chicken stock Try this one

4 Dried Red Chillies 

1/2 Tbsp rice wine vinegar

1-1/2 Tbsp Soya Sauce

1 Tbsp Chinese Cooking Wine, opt

Stevia, to taste

Garnish: 1/2 tsp Sesame Seeds

Marinade:

Start by cutting the chicken thighs into small bite size pieces. Then in a large bowl add the chicken, season with salt and pepper and marinate with the soya sauce, rice-wine vinegar, sesame oil, baking powder and 1 egg. Mix well and let it marinate for 20 minutes. 

Then individually dip and coat each piece of chicken in the psyllium husk. Once done breading the chicken heat your oil for deep frying. You can alternatively shallow fry as well.

Once the oil is hot fry the chicken in batches. It should take 3-4 minutes to cook each batch. Since I cook by intuition I cannot give you a temperature for the oil. But to test it I add a bit of the batter in and if it floats up the oil is generally hot enough.

After frying the chicken set it on paper towels to drain of any excess oil.

Sauce:

In a frying pan heat up the chicken fat or any Keto approved cooking fat and fry the garlic, ginger, chillies and white part of the spring onions. 

Fry on High until the garlic starts to turn golden brown and then add in the chicken stock, rice wine vinegar, soya sauce and stevia, and cook until it starts to reduce a bit and get syrup like. You can also add the cooking wine if you have access to that and also add some hot sauce if you want to make it spicier. If the sauce looks too little compared to the chicken add in some more chicken stock.

Once the sauce has reduced a bit then add in the chicken and give everything a good mix. Once the chicken is fully coated garnish and finish with the green part of the spring onion.

Nutrition Info (Per serving): Calories: 230, Net Carbs 2g, Carbs: 2g, Fat 12g, Protein 27g, Fiber: 0g

This recipe makes 4 servings. Get this recipe on myfitnesspal. These macros do not include the psyllium husk since it’s extremely hard to note down the exact amount used. Either way it’s basically just fiber that you will not digest so we can omit it.

*TCM Notes: You can substitute the regular soy sauce with the wheat-free Japanese soy sauce, Tamari.

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