General Tso's chicken

English

General Tso's Chicken

Etymology

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

General Tso's chicken (uncountable)

1. 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

• General Tso's
• General Tso
• General Tso chicken
• General Tao's chicken
• General Tao chicken
• General Tao's
• General Tao

Translations

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

Further reading

• General Tso's chicken on Wikipedia.Wikipedia