General Tao's Tofu

[Valsmal]

This recipe is AMAZING and super simple! Even my non vegetarian Boyfriend loved!

[organic_lemon]

do you think potato starch will work the same way as corn stach?

[Britt2821]

VeryVery yummy! I loved this so much but that tofu tasted bland so i drowned it in the sauce and i added more soy sauce and a little bit of orange juice from an orange....i dont understand though why you cover it with cornstarch instead of flour or something?

[EphemeralPanda]

Yum! Loved it!

[rlove3]

my first attempt at this was a complete mess haha.  the corn starch was ripping the tofu pieces appart cause it was so sticky.  I think i might have been trying to do things too quickly, but i am going to try it again. my brohter liked it even though it looked bad :)

[snifferooski]

DELICIOUS. was cooking rice and broccoli at the same time, was hard to make the meal with all four burners going. took a minute to get the hang of the 'egg' wash & cornstarch, just added a teeny bit more water to get it from sticking together so much! will DEFINITELY make again! can't wait to experiment with different sauces on it!

[dianam]

FANTASTIC! My husband and I are just trying out this vegetarian thing and this was super. He said it was his favorite dish... including meat dishes!

[qzoners]

Cannot be wait my wife cook this 

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[achug05]

This recipe was amazing! Even my carnivorous husband even enjoyed it. One thing I would change would be to cut the tofu chunks smaller so when frying, it has an even texture through and through. To evenly "coat" the tofu with cornstarch, I put the cornstarch in a Ziploc bag first, then put the "egg" covered tofu in, then shook it up. Then as I pulled each chunk out, I shook off the excess.
Everything turned out great - the sauce was simply amazing. I couldn't find minced ginger, so I used ground ginger instead, and it still turned out fine. It didn't take me too long to cook, maybe 45 min. max for everything. A+

[Leys35]

I made this for my girlfriend one night and it was fun to make and suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuper tasty!!!  Yay!

But beware the cornstarch if you're going to bake the tofu instead of fry it.  Less is more people!!

[rlove3]

The first time i tried this recipe it was a disaster, but the second times a charm :)
 
 I took my time and coated groups of 6 tofu pieces with the egg replacer in one bowl, then corn starch in a seperate bowl instead of dumping the corn starch over all of them. It was alot less messy!

I also added a little of bragg's liquid aminos and it made the flavors really pop.

[Vettegirl]

I liked the flavor of the sauce, but I thought the tofu was really difficult to make....the oil splattered EVERYWHERE and I thought the whole dish was just too greasy.  The cornstarch coating stuck to the plate and the bottom of the pan.  I'm all for investing time into a good recipe, but this one just seemed like more trouble than it was worth.  Maybe I'll try the sauce on just veggies or something. : )

[jaymeb]

This recipe is awesome. It's one of the few recipes I keep going back to and also my boyfriend's absolute favourite tofu recipe. Crunchy, sweet and sour...so perfect!

[Tweedle]

OH  MY GOD THE SAUCE!!!!!!!!!! the sauce was one of the yummiest things I've had in a long long time. 

I biffed on the tofu a bit though.  Totally my fault.  I should have done the dipping individually method that others have suggested, instead I just threw everything in together at once and the corn starch got clumpy and the tofu didn't fry very well..

but it ended up still tasting really good so next time I just have to be a bit more careful with the tofu and I have a new favorite recipe.

SO GOOD. thank yoU!

[Delina]

What I love about this recipe is how absolutely adaptable it is!  I've made this so many different ways... you can fry in all sorts of vegetables, you don't just have to have steamed broccoli... I've put asparagus in the sweet and sour sauce while it was cooking and it brought out the nice flavors of the asparagus really nicely... I've also done this with garlic scapes OMG soo good.. probably the best General Tao I've ever made.  Thank you for this recipe!