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General Tso and His Chicken

By Fuchsia Dunlop
From SAVEUR Issue #150
When I went to live in Hunan in 2003, I found that everyone knew about General Tso—the formidable Hunanese general Tso Tsung-t'ang, who subdued the restive northwest of China in the 19th century—but blank faces greeted me whenever I asked about his chicken. I was mystified. How was it that this scrumptious concoction of lightly battered chicken slices tossed in a piquant sweet-sour sauce had become the most famous dish of a Chinese province that completely disowned it? Keep reading »
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