![]() And there, sometime in the 1950s, he first named a chicken dish he invented General Tso’s chicken. ![]() And after the Nationalists lost to Mao’s Communists in 1949, chef Peng fled with them to Taiwan. Now, what does all of this have to do with chicken? Let’s go to China circa the late 1940s.Ī Hunan-born Peng Chang-Kuei was a head chef for the Nationalist Party of China. He is particularly renowned for putting an end to the Taiping Rebellion - the unsuccessful war against the Qing by a self-proclaimed second son of God and baby brother of Jesus (not joking). More known as Zuo Zong Tang 左宗棠, General Tso is a famous Qing dynasty (1644-1912) statesman and military hero born in Hunan province. Yet, the addictive sweet and sour chicken dish is one of the most popular Chinese-American dishes in existence. ![]() You won’t find General Tso’s chicken on menus in China.
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