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GENERAL TSO'S CHICKEN Chinese Restaurant Copycat LOW CARB Recipe
Aug 19, 2025
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Hi everyone. We are going to make a
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Chinese restaurant favorite. This is
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General So's chicken and broccoli. It's
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full of flavor, but it's low in carb.
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That's what y'all are here for. Right
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now, this is going to pair really well
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with what I made the other day. If y'all
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remember my cauliflower fried rice.
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Okay, guys. We're going to start with
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the sauce first cuz that's the delicious
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part of this recipe. You guys, y'all can
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make this at home really easy and you
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can save yourself some calories, carbs,
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and make it really delicious with the
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flavors you love. Now, we're going to be
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starting in just a medium saucepan, and
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we're going to have this over a
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mediumigh heat. We're going to put all
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the ingredients in for the sauce, and
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then we want to bring it to a boil. So,
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we're going to start with one cup
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of some low sodium chicken broth.
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I don't really know what goes in Chinese
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food at a restaurant. We don't know
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where really what we're eating, right?
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But it's delicious.
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All right.
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Yeah. Got my extra set of hands in the
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kitchen today. There they are.
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All right, we're going to start heating
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that up while we add
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13 cup of soy sauce. Now, I'm using the
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38% less sodium.
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It's all about the flavor.
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There we go. Now, we're going to add
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some sweetener to it. I'm using 2
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tablespoon of the Splenda stevia here.
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You can use whatever sugar that you like
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or sweetener that you like.
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And
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hoen sauce.
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This is going to make about four
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servings of our General So chicken.
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So all the ingredients will be divided
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by four. All
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right, we're going to put in some
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ketchup. Now, I've got the no sugar
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added ketchup,
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y'all. I lost the ketchup. It literally
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went over the pot.
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I'm sitting here watching y'all and not
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paying attention. All right, so that's
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one
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and two.
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She just didn't like me standing around.
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I know, y'all. I almost got them good.
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I don't know. I was fixing the stuff
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right.
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Okay. We're going to add one teaspoon of
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extra virgin sesame oil.
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This is going to add some flavor.
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And then we've got two teaspoon
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minced garlic going in.
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All right, we're going to stir this. I'm
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going to use a whisk.
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And what we want to do is thicken this
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down. Get all that ketchup off of there
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that I made a mess on. There we go. Now,
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we're going to whisk this continually
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for about 5 to 10 minutes. And then
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we'll take it off the burner and just
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let it cool while we finish the chicken
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and broccoli part of it, which we're
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going to flavor also because you don't
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want plain chicken just going into the
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sauce.
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All right. Who likes general sews
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chicken?
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Yeah,
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I do.
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Yeah, we like Chinese food.
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Yeah,
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we make a lot of it at home though. That
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way we can control what goes in it
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and we know Yeah, it's cheaper. All
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right. Oh my gosh. Everything is so
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expensive now.
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My favorite is eggfu.
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I love that. that brown gravy on top. If
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y'all want to see that one, you let me
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know. I'm gonna try my hand at it. I've
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never made it before, but I want to. If
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I have enough of you, I'll do it. And do
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the brown gravy.
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Got a spoon. Make sure you taste it.
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Always check it for flavor.
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Oh my gosh, that is good. That is
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delicious. M.
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What's going on in there? I can
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definitely taste that sesame oil in
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there. Oh, it gives it that little
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Chinese feel to it. And that hoen sauce.
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Yeah. Get that garlic in there, too.
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Oh, this sauce smells delicious. And we
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know it is cuz we tried it. All right,
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we're going to take this off the burner.
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Turn it off for a minute because it'll
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beep at me.
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We'll set it on the back burner. And
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then we're going to grab another
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skillet,
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large skillet. I'm going to turn my
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burner back on. There we go. And we're
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going to add in one tablespoon of our
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sesame oil.
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Actually, you should have two
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tablespoons going in. We're going to
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heat that up until it's nice and hot.
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And then we're going to add our chicken.
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Now, I've got chicken breast, boneless,
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skinless. I cut these up into bite-sized
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pieces, which is about like a 1 inch
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piece there. And it's one pound.
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Once that gets hot, we'll put that in.
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And then we're going to start flavoring
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it up. You want that chicken to taste
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good.
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Right. We're going to add our chicken.
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[Music]
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All right. I'm going to flatten it out
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in the pan. Get a nice layer here.
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Yeah, that looks good right there.
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All right, we've got some salt.
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About a quarter of a teaspoon.
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And then we've got some black pepper.
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It's going to take about eight minutes
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to fully cook the chicken. You want it
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nice and cooked through. No longer pink,
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nice and tender.
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We've got some garlic powder.
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Go right across the top. About a quarter
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of a teaspoon. Whatever you like.
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And then we're going to put in some
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onion powder. Since I didn't chop up an
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onion for this dish, we're going to add
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the flavor.
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We're going to start moving the chicken
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around.
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All right. While the chicken is cooking,
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we're going to go ahead and get the
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broccoli ready. Now, I've got a full
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head of broccoli here. We're going to
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cut this down into fuettes,
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small fuettes, kind of bite-sized
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pieces.
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And then I'm going to save everything
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else
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and make like a broccoli sllo with it.
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Doesn't that sound good? Why not?
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I'm betting this size right here is
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going to be perfect. So once I get it
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all off of the head here,
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we'll cut it down even smaller. Now, I
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don't know if I'm going to need all of
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this. Probably do half of this. Don't
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forget your chicken.
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Keep an eye on it. Keep it moving around
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so it all cooks nice and evenly.
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Yeah, you can already see the green
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onions, huh? You know, that's coming
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into the picture pretty soon.
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Yeah, Thomas and I are trying to get in
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shape, trying to lose some weight. We
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want to go to the mountains.
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Actually, it's the uh what is it?
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Ozarks.
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The Ozarks in Missouri and Arkansas. And
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do some
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waterfall hiking.
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Yep.
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So, that's our goal. Anyway, I think
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that's enough right there, don't you?
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Oh, yeah.
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Right here. Okay.
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Okay. The chicken is done. What we're
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going to do now is add the broccoli. And
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then we're going to cook it for about
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three to four minutes, depending on the
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texture that you desire. If you want it
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really tender, go for it. If you want a
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little crispness to it,
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check it out. Give it a taste. All
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right, let's add it.
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We got our sauce right here. Now, I'm
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going to add just a little bit of corn
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starch slurry. It was just one teaspoon
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of cornstarch with a little bit of
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water. We'll add that up.
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We'll add that up. We'll add that in.
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Stir that up. And then we'll add the
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sauce once our broccoli is where we want
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it.
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Look at that color of that broccoli.
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Yeah, that was really nice of broccoli.
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I'm actually excited.
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Me, too.
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All right, we're going to add in the
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sauce.
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We're going to mix this all together.
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We're going to let it simmer for another
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3 minutes.
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Let all the flavors gather together.
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Okay, I chopped up my green onions.
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We're going to place them right across
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the top. I did big pieces.
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Mhm.
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Yeah,
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I like them like that.
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Yep. Now, if you want to add a little
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heat to this, you can add some red
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pepper flakes if you want to do that.
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You can add some sesame seeds across the
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top. Whatever you like. There we go, you
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guys. I'm going to bowl this up with,
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if y'all didn't see my fried rice
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without rice,
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go check out that video. It was before
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this one. Cauliflower fried rice, y'all.
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It is delicious.
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There's my bite. Doesn't that look good
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in there?
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Oh my gosh, that flavor in there. That
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is delicious. The chicken is nice and
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tender. Absorbed all that flavor. The
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broccoli has a little crunch to it. Very
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nice. And that pairs very well with my
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cauliflower rice, fried rice. All right,
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