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Air fryer General Tso's chicken

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Ingredients
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  • 1 whole egg white
  • 1½ tbsp soy sauce
  • 1½ tbsp Shaoxing cooking wine
Whip the egg white with the soy sauce and Shaoxing wine until foamy.
  • chicken thigh
Add the chicken thigh cut into one inch pieces and marinate at room temperature about 30 minutes.
  • ¼ cup soy sauce
  • ¼ cup Shaoxing cooking wine
  • 1 tbsp rice wine vinegar
  • ½ tsp chicken bouillon powder
  • ¼ cup water
  • ½ tsp onion powder
  • ½ tsp garlic powder
  • 1½–2 tsp red pepper flake
  • 1 tsp ground ginger
  • 1 tsp roasted sesame oil
  • 1 tbsp ketchup
  • ¼ cup granulated sugar
  • 1 tbsp cornstarch
Whisk the soy sauce, Shaoxing wine, rice wine vinegar, chicken bouillon powder, water, onion powder, garlic powder, red pepper flake, ground ginger, sesame oil, ketchup, sugar and cornstarch until no lumps remain.
  • flour
Dredge the marinated chicken in a big bowl of flour, getting into every fold, and leave the excess in the bowl.
Flouring, spraying and air frying
Lay the pieces on a rack set in a rimmed baking sheet and tap them.
  • oil
Spray them down with oil so no dry powdery spots remain.
Air fry at 375 for about 12 to 14 minutes, arranged close but not overlapping, in batches.
After about four minutes take them out, spray and toss; repeat after another four minutes.
Take the grate out of the air fryer, mix the sauce again and heat it in the air fryer vessel until thick and glossy.
Air fryer fond sauce
Toss the chicken in the sauce and put it back in for two minutes to heat through.
Serve over rice.