General Tso's chicken

English edit

General Tso's Chicken

Etymology edit

Named after General Tso Tsung-tang, or Zuǒ Zōngtáng (in pinyin), a Qing dynasty general and statesman, though there is no evidence connecting him with the dish.

Noun edit

General Tso 's chicken (uncountable)

A sweet and spicy dish of deep-fried chicken, popular in Chinese restaurants in North America.
- 2009 May 31, Joanne Starkey, “Old-School Chinese With Efforts at Fusion”, in New York Times‎^[1]:
  Hot and sour soup, shrimp toast, shumai, General Tso’s chicken, pork with garlic sauce, beef with asparagus, hot and spicy shrimp, sushi deluxe, cheesecake, fried bananas, litchi sherbet.

Synonyms edit

Translations edit

sweet and spicy dish

Chinese:
Mandarin: 左宗棠雞／左宗棠鸡 (zuǒzōngtángjī)
Finnish: kenraali Tson kana
French: poulet du Général Tao, poulet Général Tao, Général Tao
Spanish: pollo General Tao, pollo General Tsao, pollo General Gau