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Here’s the Real Story Behind General Tso's Chicken 

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General Tso's chicken is a staple in American Chinese restaurants. But the most popular Chinese dish in the United States is virtually unknown in China. Say what? This is the story behind your favorite sweet and spicy, gooey and crunchy mess in a takeout box.
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@UnderestimatedPsychic
@UnderestimatedPsychic 7 лет назад
I imagine a Californian walking into a Chinese market 100 years ago. he is offered a chicken and rice dish and tries it. the guy then asks "what is this sauce with the chicken". the Chinese shop owner hadn't really named his recipe yet but likes to use it on practically everything, so he's like "Uhh, general sauce". in the shop owners thick accent "sauce" sounds like "tso's". the Californian assumed General Tso is some Chinese legend and explained that to his friends when telling them about this amazing food he discovered.
@luciarose4041
@luciarose4041 7 лет назад
that WOULD make a lot of sense
@hvllacozy2634
@hvllacozy2634 7 лет назад
This probably did happen
@lesykkonecky1547
@lesykkonecky1547 7 лет назад
Why is she saying "tsow" when it's "tso"
@kerianhalcyon2769
@kerianhalcyon2769 7 лет назад
Probably because of the way it's pronounced in Chinese @Lesyk Konecky
@lesykkonecky1547
@lesykkonecky1547 7 лет назад
@Kerian Halcyon but it's not a chinese dish
@maxwellebersman6927
@maxwellebersman6927 7 лет назад
I heard that General Tso won't fight anyone because General Tso's chicken.
@maxwellebersman6927
@maxwellebersman6927 7 лет назад
thanks dog
@veryconcernedjesus2584
@veryconcernedjesus2584 7 лет назад
Maxwell Ebersman That pun tho...that pun....
@maxwellebersman6927
@maxwellebersman6927 7 лет назад
:))
@Conundroy
@Conundroy 6 лет назад
Maxwell Ebersman Nice new Facebook filter
@MHCE444
@MHCE444 6 лет назад
Badum tsss
@kevintorres5748
@kevintorres5748 7 лет назад
I can't wait till your channel blows up. So much quality content is posted here, great job keep it up.
@FONK6969
@FONK6969 7 лет назад
well then why would you want it to blow up?
@MrProgrammerX
@MrProgrammerX 6 лет назад
Ayush Thapa its just a metaphor 😅
@MrProgrammerX
@MrProgrammerX 6 лет назад
Me too!! , this channel going to get more subscribers than alltime10s , top5 or all those facts youtubers . Never seen any youtube channel like this one 😊
@0neCrazyCracker
@0neCrazyCracker 3 года назад
Oof! I got some bad news my man.
@sano8172
@sano8172 3 года назад
This aged bad lol
@sawyerleemoore
@sawyerleemoore 7 лет назад
One of my all time favourite dishes. I have it at least once a month.
@allysongailey5168
@allysongailey5168 7 лет назад
i'm never bored by your videos everything you upload is so interesting
@jasward3826
@jasward3826 7 лет назад
now I want some of that gooey crunchy goodness
@mugensamurai
@mugensamurai 6 лет назад
General Tao didn't invent this dish?! Nooo! That's impossible!
@emrafighifari2675
@emrafighifari2675 6 лет назад
mugensamurai *tso
@jbm166
@jbm166 6 лет назад
its fake news, general tso did invent this dish and right on the battle field, right before the siege of xianyang. The soldiers stopped for a day to collect ingredients while the captains prepare captive chickens for dinner.
@fulcrum2951
@fulcrum2951 6 лет назад
He went to war with chickens?
@hyper4306
@hyper4306 6 лет назад
yeah, that is probably incorrect
@jbm166
@jbm166 6 лет назад
chickens went to war with him, little they know he was chef excellance
@stilltlrforlife
@stilltlrforlife 2 года назад
Don't care where it originated, It's delicious when you find the right place that makes it. I love spicy food.
@mingchenwei1978
@mingchenwei1978 10 месяцев назад
General tso’s ain’t spicy lmao
@stilltlrforlife
@stilltlrforlife 10 месяцев назад
@@mingchenwei1978 Some places make the sauce hot and spicy if you ask for it, as well as sesame chicken.
@TraumaCenter13
@TraumaCenter13 8 месяцев назад
​@@mingchenwei1978I usually ask my local Chinese restaurant to make it spicy.
@eterna3704
@eterna3704 7 лет назад
This channel give a great story with a great pun.i love it
@MichaelSHartman
@MichaelSHartman 7 лет назад
Given it was invented in Taiwan, and eaten in the USA, I doubt mainland China will ever hear of it in the near future.
@mugensamurai
@mugensamurai 6 лет назад
Don't be too sure about that. I heard they got a guy taking notes on how to develop a knockoff.
@nathankoon7749
@nathankoon7749 6 лет назад
a hunanese guy made it though
@ligondesenuts769
@ligondesenuts769 Год назад
No one in Taiwan knows it too tbh
@helix031
@helix031 7 лет назад
so where can i get the original in the US?
@MaiNguyen-ik6ew
@MaiNguyen-ik6ew 7 лет назад
Hm.. Can't tell if joke, or just stupid.
@Tfish64
@Tfish64 7 лет назад
The video said that many people changed the recipe, he isnt joking. It's a serious question.
@Jardin
@Jardin 7 лет назад
good luck looking for that. start in ny.
@jayjay-se3jf
@jayjay-se3jf 7 лет назад
Mai Nguyen the irony
@majakolter5634
@majakolter5634 7 лет назад
Here is the recipe of a non-americanized version. But I also read somewhere (probably in this article) that the Americans don't like the original taste and vice versa. www.nytimes.com/2007/02/04/magazine/04food.t.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&
@technojunkie123
@technojunkie123 7 лет назад
its so great to learn the real story of General Tso's Chicken! When chinese people say it's not real chinese i suppose they're both correct and incorrect since it's a Taiwanese dish inspired by Hunan cuisine
@brianmartalus6231
@brianmartalus6231 2 года назад
its just that the american version is WAY too sweet-the original didnt use any sugar.
@Lilbabydude
@Lilbabydude 6 лет назад
Please consider getting real subtitles/captions. Would be A+ for the deaf/hard of hearing community ♡♡♡
@thepmoneyexperience
@thepmoneyexperience 7 лет назад
my favorite from Chinese restaurants. I love general tso's chicken, and seasme chicken 😋.
@GamingTaylor
@GamingTaylor 7 лет назад
i can't tell the difference between the two. I feel like most Chinese places make the exact same dish, but with tso's they add a couple peppers
@AshleighLeighanne
@AshleighLeighanne 7 лет назад
the pmoney experience I like sticky rice too
@inkajoo
@inkajoo 6 лет назад
I like General Tso Chicken now and then but I hate how popular sweet flavors are in American Chinese food. The sugar that gets added at some places totally ruins it!
@123goofyking
@123goofyking 5 месяцев назад
Panda's Orange chicken is a great (albeit extreme) example of this. Basically fried chicken candy
@Imasuky
@Imasuky 7 лет назад
Whenever I hit a buffet this is always the first thing to go on my plate. I know it's as far from real Chinese as you can get but it's so damn good!
@MattePurple1
@MattePurple1 Год назад
I recently read an article with a passage I liked about "real Chinese food." (Dan Nosowitz of Atlas Obscura writing about Crab Rangoon) "American Chinese food is its own cuisine, with its own staples and a reasonably long and fascinating history. There’s a fundamental problem with the concept of authenticity in food, because cuisine is constantly mutating and adapting to new ingredients, new people, new techniques, and new ideas. Mexican food would be completely different without the influence of the Spanish and Arab immigrants and colonists; the tomato is not native to Italy; the chili pepper is not native to Thailand. There are old dishes and there are newer dishes, and that can be an interesting distinction. And there is tasty food and lousy food, but using some concept of authenticity alone as a criteria is a flawed approach."
@michaelkawamura9296
@michaelkawamura9296 7 лет назад
Thank you for having a pointer on the map of the world, I honestly had no clue where China and the United States was!
@mr.e6033
@mr.e6033 3 года назад
😂😂😂
@glowndark1
@glowndark1 3 года назад
There are only two groups of people, those who make music and those who make food. Black people make all sorts of modern music and no cuisine, Chinese make all sorts of cuisine and no music.
@dylansantana651
@dylansantana651 3 года назад
​@@glowndark1 what are you talking about
@ickleronny
@ickleronny 3 года назад
@@glowndark1 you can't be this ignorant 😅
@ligmaballs2022
@ligmaballs2022 4 месяца назад
​@@glowndark1my man totally forgot about chicken and waffles
@-gemberkoekje-5547
@-gemberkoekje-5547 5 лет назад
I'm from the Netherlands and have never seen this. I would realy like to try this
@beezzarro
@beezzarro 4 года назад
There's a fantastic documentary about exactly this on Netflix called "the search for general tso". Sorry littlebig story, but you guys have barely scratched the surface here. I've seen hundreds of documentaries and that one is definitely right up there. Full recommendation
@medle9826
@medle9826 6 лет назад
Hello great big story
@-gemberkoekje-5547
@-gemberkoekje-5547 5 лет назад
Never had it, as I'm from the Netherlands and the Chinese food is probiably different. But it sounds and looks very nice.
@philipross9219
@philipross9219 6 лет назад
This is literally (and I REALLY mean literally) my favorite food in the universe!
@weiyouzeng1189
@weiyouzeng1189 7 лет назад
The name of the dish is wrong on the menu shown at 0:01, and it should be' 左宗棠雞'
@ericlin7023
@ericlin7023 7 лет назад
Most Chinese restaurants in America can more specifically/accurately be called Cantonese restaurants. Most of us whose heritage traces back to other parts of China actually aren't familiar with a lot of the dishes they serve.
@mingchenwei1978
@mingchenwei1978 9 месяцев назад
It’s Diaspora history (which I think is a lot more important than other people and other Asians as well give it credit for.). So it could be considered Cantonese-American food.
@catsberry4858
@catsberry4858 8 месяцев назад
Yup
@lemurdog
@lemurdog 6 лет назад
I never heard of it either in the UK until some American mentioned it
@patrickhammond5494
@patrickhammond5494 5 лет назад
Does anyone know what Restaurant they're interviewing in? I wanna get that OG General Tso's chicken.
@Khrono_03
@Khrono_03 3 года назад
my mom and dad has a chinese and japenese restrount. and let me tell you. General tso chicken and shirmp is my fav
@andrewkrahn2629
@andrewkrahn2629 7 лет назад
so... You guys watched "Searching for General Tso" on Netflix and grabbed some b-roll and a quick interview?
@Dr.Frasier_Crane
@Dr.Frasier_Crane 3 года назад
Nope
@Dragonwing16
@Dragonwing16 7 лет назад
finally! someone answered a life long question of mine
@bkatz1480
@bkatz1480 7 лет назад
the subtitles are great
@donbasuradenuevo
@donbasuradenuevo 6 лет назад
Mr. Peng totally looks like Haru's dad from Persona 5.
@MrAsianBumblebee
@MrAsianBumblebee 6 лет назад
Watched a documentary on General Tso’s Chicken on Netflix 😊
@brianmartalus6231
@brianmartalus6231 2 года назад
I love General Tso Chicken, but its almost always way too sweet these days at restaurants. Apparently the original one had zero sugar. I have experimented with recipes to make it at home-many recipes call for 5-8 tables spoons-I like how it turns out with 1.5-2 table spoons of sugar or maple syrup. It is not the original which has no sugar, but it gives just a hint of sweet flavor against the chili peppers, ginger, and garlic. In my opinion, you cant use too much fresh garlic and ginger! I will try to make it with zero sugar next time and see how it turns out.
@quinnzykir
@quinnzykir 7 лет назад
I did not know that. Now I want some Chinese apple pie :(
@eLaine33
@eLaine33 7 лет назад
why white text on white background you know these editing softwares are easy to allow text borders
@OneTyler2Many
@OneTyler2Many 4 года назад
Literally eating it right now. Was like who was this guy?
@daveotuwa5596
@daveotuwa5596 5 лет назад
0:00 I see a typo on the menu!
@kennethsatria6607
@kennethsatria6607 7 лет назад
Well this explains why some chinese foods here are different from regular served foods there... I always came across scrambled eggs and breadcrumb chicken
@ItsMeHammie
@ItsMeHammie 6 лет назад
Very cool! My grandfather helped bring and popularized lo mein in the United States through his restaurants in NYC & NJ. I'll have to look and see if he had General Chicken on his menu as well!
@scottpeterson7500
@scottpeterson7500 5 лет назад
The way some people talk about “authentic “ Chinese food, you would think Chinese chefs never invent new recipes, yet they obviously do.
@pob6772
@pob6772 6 лет назад
GUYS turn on the Captions :)
@jakew520
@jakew520 7 лет назад
I saw your Kimchi vid on the CNN app
@jamesgornall5731
@jamesgornall5731 Год назад
If you ask in the UK for this same stuff you'll get blank looks too. After eating it in the USA i am not terribly disappointed
@laoaganlester1728
@laoaganlester1728 3 года назад
Many of the Chinese food in America that does not exist in China do exist in the Philippines (beef brocoli, chopsuey, egg rolls, Chowmien noodles cooked in American style, orange chicken....etc.)
@laurentmarveljoy7290
@laurentmarveljoy7290 7 лет назад
that looks Tsoooo good
@daveotuwa5596
@daveotuwa5596 5 лет назад
If General Tso's chicken is unknown in China, will it be liable to become a Chinese import? I'm guessin' yes. But not fortune cookies. Not even the origami takeout boxes.
@leezzachan4847
@leezzachan4847 6 лет назад
I had literally no idea what Gen. Tso's chicken was until I came across Great Big Story
@terrellp22
@terrellp22 3 года назад
unless you live in China, you've heard of it
@davidchien4028
@davidchien4028 6 лет назад
Alright! Food from Taiwan my home country over here!
@alexdeleon956
@alexdeleon956 6 лет назад
So if I'm not eating the real thing where do I get it
@deejaydixon854
@deejaydixon854 5 лет назад
Who doesn't know this in 2018 it's all over RU-vid
@littlejoe9381
@littlejoe9381 7 лет назад
Muy interesante.
@aamiramsmd6894
@aamiramsmd6894 6 лет назад
I have lived in America nearly all my live and never knew what is General Tso chicken
@carmelopearman5721
@carmelopearman5721 5 лет назад
I remember when gbs has 50 k subs
@ethanlee1325
@ethanlee1325 7 лет назад
I live in North America and I never heard of it
@mrspooks5287
@mrspooks5287 5 лет назад
*_General Tso Wouldn’t Command His Army Because He Was Too Busy Eating His Chicken_*
@iAmMadeOfSoup
@iAmMadeOfSoup 6 лет назад
I'm having a Chinese-American feast right now lol
@ArcadianWizard
@ArcadianWizard 7 лет назад
I'm SOOOOO hungry
@oudahali
@oudahali 7 лет назад
General Tso's Chicken wow youtube now know what i ordered for dinner
@atlanticmapping4089
@atlanticmapping4089 4 года назад
the map at 1:37 is so outdated
@eskipotato
@eskipotato 6 лет назад
this was weird because where I live, we pronounce "Tso" as "Chow"
@WPCPlush
@WPCPlush 5 лет назад
eskipotato Its pretty much called General (insert Chinese name here)’s Chicken
@dezmundo1251
@dezmundo1251 3 года назад
at the beginning when you describe the Chinese "leadership" fleeing to Taiwan, you should have said "establishment"
@Makkar0onii
@Makkar0onii 7 лет назад
Well, you have Colonel Sanders in the USA. We have an Asian General Tso!
@cyan.6399
@cyan.6399 6 лет назад
HAHAHAH I GET IT-
@elimlinrr6898
@elimlinrr6898 11 месяцев назад
General Tso was a real Qing Dynasty general who reconquered Xinjiang from Yakub Beg (who was ousted from Tashkent and later conquered Kashgaria) with the support of local Uyghurs in the late 1870s. (Wade Giles: Tso Tsungtang)
@ARSZLB
@ARSZLB 7 лет назад
now i want REAL GTC!
@rgwak
@rgwak 7 лет назад
The real General Tso was actually a vegetarian!
@doggodoggoboi252
@doggodoggoboi252 7 лет назад
The captions are funny
@Fluskar
@Fluskar 6 лет назад
i never heard of it here in the us either lol
@sourav7620
@sourav7620 3 года назад
Stomach grooling sound is the way his voice sounds
@Erik_Emer
@Erik_Emer 3 года назад
1:29 Nothing new, but I just wanted to point out the difference between 蒜 (suàn) and 酸 (suān). This is Mandarin.
@videosforpeople8197
@videosforpeople8197 6 лет назад
You could say Kissinger "kissed up" to it.... HAHAHAHAHA OH I KILL ME
@neonLegend3003
@neonLegend3003 7 лет назад
Put the subtitle and read them when the Chinese speaks XD
@ivyivy2639
@ivyivy2639 6 лет назад
never heard of it either
@newgunguy4176
@newgunguy4176 3 года назад
So, can we get the original, non-Americanized recipe?
@shashiganesh5582
@shashiganesh5582 7 лет назад
its the villian from super chibi knight
@marvintran7813
@marvintran7813 Год назад
I saw a full documentary on this! It was great!! I’m vegan, so I eat general Tso’s tofu. 😊
@oneworldcommunity117
@oneworldcommunity117 6 лет назад
just ate some general tso while watching this
@PLANDerLinde99
@PLANDerLinde99 7 лет назад
I've never heard of General Tso's Chicken...
@carlyxoxlol9650
@carlyxoxlol9650 7 лет назад
Wth my school serves this with mango sauce 😂😂😂
@sham9505
@sham9505 Год назад
Lucky
@jaysonwilliams6194
@jaysonwilliams6194 3 года назад
Why did he say maybe chicken
@ForeignShadow
@ForeignShadow 7 лет назад
What's the real recipe?
@bobcrqw
@bobcrqw 7 лет назад
Rogue Of Life don't worry about it
@TheFoodieCutie
@TheFoodieCutie Год назад
I love General Tso chicken it’s my favorite BUT BEWARE. It is easy to hide fatty and not good quality meat underneath batter and sauce unlike sliced and sautéed chicken. The restaurants that try to cut corners will give you the less than desireable cuts and hide them under the batter until you bite into it and realize this is no bueno. Having said that, if you go to a good reputable restaurant, General Tso’s chicken is the absolute best dish to me!
@Kanal7Indonesia
@Kanal7Indonesia 6 лет назад
Now Americans are crazy about Szechuan Sauce.
@signoramybeloved4308
@signoramybeloved4308 7 лет назад
I'm Chinese and I didn't even know this existed
@EpicThe112
@EpicThe112 5 лет назад
Should come from Taiwan formally Republic of China.
@esthersam2907
@esthersam2907 5 лет назад
When your mother tongue is Chinese but you still read the subtitles.
@nicoletran3796
@nicoletran3796 6 лет назад
Isnt It tao?
@coffeetable4655
@coffeetable4655 6 лет назад
Turn on subtitles when he speaks Chinese
@spikebaltar5071
@spikebaltar5071 6 лет назад
Mandarin
@durrantmiller8810
@durrantmiller8810 6 лет назад
Jamie Zhu lol
@jadaafia
@jadaafia 4 года назад
Mandarín
@Mansion416
@Mansion416 6 лет назад
Why not ask Chinese in Taiwan
@angelcardona765
@angelcardona765 6 лет назад
all my life I've been pronouncing my favorite dish wrong smh
@kevram8844
@kevram8844 4 года назад
So general Tso never ate his chicken?
@likwah
@likwah 6 лет назад
I still won't ever try it
@jenniferchaulam
@jenniferchaulam 7 лет назад
OMG that explains why my parents (they're Chinese) was like the frick is that when I ask then to make it for an American friend. They are great chefs btw :V
@noise117
@noise117 7 лет назад
pure white subtitles are very amateurish, we lose them in the background repeatedly throughout the video. Anything past a middle school presentation, you should put a black border around the letters so the are legible no matter what the video shows.
@juliandavid2238
@juliandavid2238 6 лет назад
It looks like orange chickens brother
@highmaint3nancegyal
@highmaint3nancegyal 6 лет назад
I thought twas general tao????
@fumpaumpa2487
@fumpaumpa2487 6 лет назад
I thought the dish isn't form china and is available in Chinese American restaurants those people where wrong general tso chicken is an authentic Chinese dish
@bigbody-vz7lk
@bigbody-vz7lk 6 лет назад
This is my favorite dish, but my older sister said that this was made out of rats but i still eat it bc it's delicious and speaking of general tso chicken, im getting Chinese food today and im getting general tso chicken :)
@lufocity9339
@lufocity9339 7 лет назад
its CLOSE
@gracio1231
@gracio1231 3 года назад
The color of their sauce makes the chicken look unappetizin honestly but I’d try it a tad you know just to see how it tastes remember just a TAD XD
@itsblack2321
@itsblack2321 7 лет назад
General tsao ni ma
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