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Chicken second courses

General Tso. The mysterious enigma behind a dish that all too often features a sugary sauce and batter-coated sponges that may or may not contain actual poultry. Our version, the way my father’s father cooked it in his restaurant, has a more a intensely-flavored, tangy sauce (as opposed to the usually one-note, sugary sweet stuff), large chunks of crisp, juicy chicken and lots of fresh crunchy broccoli.