Learn all about the real General Tso.
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The REAL Story Behind General Tso's Chicken
Corey Williams is a food writer for MyRecipes and Allrecipes. She has ten years of experience in journalism.
You may be surprised to learn that General Tso's chicken a staple of Chinese-American cuisine is virtually unknown to people living in the country where the dish is said to have originated.
While the dish isn't exactly authentically Chinese it was a dish it was named after a real (and very powerful) general.