General Tso's Chicken, Fried Rice, & Spring Rolls

Jared and I love Chinese food...chances are anytime he wants to go out for dinner, it's for Chinese! We decided that we wanted to make our own, including the rice and spring rolls. The General Tso's recipe came from the side of the bottle, I borrowed the fried rice recipe from a fellow food blogger, http://wheresthechorico.blogspot.com, and the spring roll recipe from www.cooks.com. Timing is crucial for this meal, in order for everything to be ready at the same time. It is also helps to have more than one person cooking -- so share the kitchen!

General Tso's Chicken

Ingredients:
1 chicken breast cut into cubes
1 tablespoon oil for frying
6 tablespoons General Tso's sauce
Broccoli (steamed)

Ingredients:
1) Cut up chicken into cubes and cook in hot oil until chicken is cooked through.
2) Add General Tso's sauce and stir.
3) Mix in broccoli before serving.

Fried Rice

Ingredients:
2 eggs
carrots
peas
2 cups of long grain rice cooked and chilled (the longer the better!!!)
2 tablespoons of soy sauce
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 cup chopped onions
2 cloves of minced garlic
1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
cooking oil
Pork, shrimp, or chicken (optional)

Directions:
1) Saute onions with minced garlic, red pepper flakes and ginger.
2) Add peas, carrots, and meat and cook for 5 minutes.
3) Mix in rice. Create a circle with your rice mixture and crack open two eggs into the pan and scramble. Mix with rice once egg is ready.
4) Add the soy sauce and mix. Cook rice for a few more minutes and it should be done.

Spring Rolls

Ingredients:
egg roll wrappers (we used phyllo dough)
2 carrots, shaved
white cabbage
1 cup dry flavored soy mince (we omitted)
beansprouts
salt & pepper to taste

Dipping sauce:
soy sauce
white vinegar

Directions:
1) Shred carrots and cabbage. Add beansprouts.
2) Add soy sauce, salt, and pepper to taste.
3) Wrap into wrappers or phyllo dough and fry in oil.

Husband Rating: A+
Do you honestly think that Jared would not like Chinese food?! He loved the rice because it had a kick, and ate 3 spring rolls. He did suggest that next time, we double the phyllo dough so that the spring roll is thicker, and bake the rolls instead of pan frying. (Good idea)!

Wife Rating: A+
The amount of work involved in preparing this meal was crazy, but it was well worth it! The rice had great flavor, the broccoli in the General Tso's sauce was delicious, and the spring roll was great! Jared's suggestions are definitely ones to consider for next time!

...There will be a next time for this meal!