General Tso's Chicken with Trader Joe's Sauce

Source: A combination of Martha Stewart's and Heather's recipes

Taste: 4 (out of 5)

Difficulty: 2 (out of 5)

Ingredients:

• - 1 lb skinless boneless chicken breasts or thighs, cut into 1 inch pieces
• - 3 tbsp cornstarch
• - 2 egg whites
• - 1/2 tsp salt
• - 1/4 tsp black pepper
• - 1/2 lb green beans
• - 1/2 cup Trader Joe's Genereal Tso's Sauce
• - 2 tbsp canola oil for cooking

Directions:

1. In a medium sized bowl whisk together egg whites, cornstarch, salt and pepper. Add chicken, and toss to coat. Refrigerate from 15 minutes to several hours to marinate the chicken.

2. Heat a 2 tbsp of oil in a large non stick skillet over medium-high heat. Transfer chicken pieces into the skillet, shaking off the egg white batter. Cook for about 10 minutes until golden, stirring occasionally. If there is too much chicken to fit in 1 layer on the pan, you can do the frying in 2 batches.

3. When the chicken is cooked, remove it to a plate.

4. Pour the green beans and the sauce onto the skillet and cook stirring for 4-5 mintues, until the beans are soft and the sauce thick. Add the chicken to the pan and stir to coat it with the sauce.

5. Serve over white rice (or cauliflower rice).

Afterthoughts:

The taste is good, but the lighter version does not give you the deep frying crunch that I did not really expect, but was secretly hoping for. Oh, well... And maybe I would add 2 more tablespoons of sauce next time.