4/25/2005

Help Fight Cancer!!

General Tso chicken Recipe


***Sauce:***

1/2 cup cornstarch
1/4 cup water
1 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
1 1/2 teaspoon minced ginger root
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup white vinegar
1/4 cup cooking wine
1 1/2 cup hot chicken broth
1 teaspoon monosodium glutamate (optional)
***Meat:***

3 pounds deboned dark chicken meat, cut into large chunks
1/4 cup soy sauce
1 teaspoon white pepper
1 egg
1 cup cornstarch
Vegetable oil for deep-frying
2 cups sliced green onions
16 small dried hot peppers

Mix 1/2 cup cornstarch with water. Add garlic, ginger, sugar, 1/2 cup soy sauce, vinegar, wine, chicken broth and MSG (if desired). Stir until sugar dissolves. Refrigerate until needed. In separate bowl, mix chicken, 1/4 cup soy sauce and white pepper. Stir in egg. Add 1 cup cornstarch and mix until chicken pieces are coated evenly. Add cup of vegetable oil to help separate chicken pieces.

Divide chicken into small quantities and deep-fry at 350 degrees until crispy. Drain on paper towels. Place a small amount of oil in wok and heat until wok is hot. Add onions and peppers and stir-fry briefly. Stir sauce and add to wok. Place chicken in sauce and cook until sauce thickens.




Well being the Phatty that I am. I love to go to a chineese resturant and eat the buffett. I mean its just a great excuse to eat untill you could puke. But did you know that I could fight cancer? Bullshit? na you need I did some research and found out that my half ass idea could be true! Lets take a cook at some ingreadents that fight cancer from this recipie.

Garlic and onions: Block carcinogens
Ginger: Contains Antioxidants
hot Peoppers: Contains antioxidants
Vefetable oil: Contains antixidants
Soy Sauce: Soy beans help fight Colon cancer

If you think im crazy just read my sources:

http://www.ahealthyme.com/topic/dietcancer;jsessionid=W2S405DAZQKZUCTYAEPC4EQ

http://math.ucsd.edu/~ebender/Health%20&%20Nutrition/Nutrition/oil_good.html

http://www.preventionisbest.com/site/saturatedfat.html

Next week: Why Kentucky fried Chicken will help you live longer!
PS ( Huge Heffer you need to remind me to write this

1 Comments:

Blogger Ted Demopoulos said...

Cool, I'm going to cook this!

I've taken 4 "semesters" at the local Chinese cooking school as well as lived in China a couple of years, so I know Chinese. This recipe looks great!

Will report back

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