General Tso's chicken

English thumb|General Tso's chicken Alternative forms en General Tso's General Tso General Tso chicken Etymology en Chinese general and statesman Tso Tsung-tang Zuo Zongtang (Zuǒ Zōngtáng in pinyin) in late Qing dynasty, though there is no evidence connecting him with the dish. A deeper discussion of the timeframe and possible motivations behind the naming is given in the Wikipedia article. Noun General Tso's chicken - A sweet and spicy dish of deep-fried chicken, popular in Chinese restaurants in North America. en General's chicken General Tao chicken en May 31, 2009 Joanne Starkey Old-School Chinese With Efforts at Fusion New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/31/nyregion/31dineli.html 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20221126011257/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/31/nyregion/31dineli.html 26 November 2022 Translations sweet and spicy dish Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 左宗棠雞 zuǒzōngtángjī Finnish: fi kenraali Tson kana French: fr poulet du Général Tao, fr poulet Général Tao, fr Général Tao Russian: ru цыплёнок генерала Цо Spanish: es pollo General Tao, es pollo General Tsao, es pollo General Gau Further reading en Foods