General Tso's Chicken

Ingredients

3/4 lb Boneless chicken breast 
2 teaspoons Dark soy sauce 
2 teaspoons Rice wine or dry sherry 
1 teaspoons Finely chopped ginger root 
1 teaspoons Cornstarch 
1 teaspoons Sesame oil 
1/3 cup Oil, preferably peanut 
2 Dried red chiles
  cut in half lengthwise 
1 tablespoons Chopped fresh orange peel OR 
2 teaspoons dried citrus peel
  soaked & chopped 
1/2 teaspoons Roasted Sichuan peppercorns
  finely ground
2 teaspoons Dark soy sauce 
1/4 teaspoons Salt 
1 teaspoons Sugar 
1/2 teaspoons Sesame oil 


Instructions
Cut Chicken into thin slices 2 inches long, cutting against the grain. 
Put it into a bowl together with the soy sauce, rice wine or sherry, ginger, 
cornstarch and 1 teaspoon sesame oil. Mix well, and then let the mixture marinate 
for about 20 minutes. Heat the oil in a wok or large skillet until it is very hot. 


Remove the chicken from the marinade with a slotted spoon.
Add it to the pan and stir-fry it for 2 minutes until it browns. 
Remove it and leave to drain in a colander or sieve. Pour off most of the oil, 
leaving about 2 teaspoons. Reheat the pan over a high heat and then add the dried chiles. 
Stir-fry them for 10 seconds, and then return the chicken to the pan. Add the rest of 
the ingredients and stir-fry for 4 minutes, mixing well. Serve the dish at once. 
Add toasted sesame seeds to make sesame chicken.