Desk Lunch!

Chinese food desk lunch! Gen Tsos lunch special, like always. ▪ ▪ ▪ #sometimesfoodie #desklunch #chinesefood #takeout #cheatmeal #cheatday #generaltso #junkfood #foodporn #yummy

A photo posted by Sometimes Foodie (@sometimesfoodie) on Aug 4, 2016 at 9:33am PDT

Last night's dinner was nothing special, just a bunch of leftovers, and today I'm being super lazy and having a take-out desk lunch. The General Tso's special is super cheap, but it's not great. The peppers may be there, but the dish isn't spicy at all, and the chicken bits are dry and stringy. (Plus I asked for white rice...) 

It's not the best tasting lunch in the world, but it thankfully warms me up. This office AC is freezing me to death!

My Version of General Tso’s Sauce - ~MY OWN RECIPE~

My Version of General Tso’s Sauce - ~MY OWN RECIPE~

General Tso’s chicken is a staple at every Chinese food restaurant, but each one does it differently. Sometimes it comes with a brown sauce, and other times it’s a tangy red.

I wanted to make the tangy red at home, but none of the recipes I found were quite right. They were all brown and savory!  After seeing a comment online about the red sauce using ketchup, I tried a few different combinations, and this is what I came up with!

It’s tangy, spicy, and delicious with rice and broccoli.

If you’d like to try the recipe, you can find it ~HERE~

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