General Tso's chicken
English
editEtymology
editNamed 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
editGeneral 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- General Tso's
- General Tso
- General Tso chicken
- General Tao's chicken
- General Tao chicken
- General Tao's
- General Tao
Translations
editsweet and spicy dish
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Further reading
edit- General Tso's chicken on Wikipedia.Wikipedia