The Search for General Tso

Apr 20, 2014 1h 11m

6.4

51 votes

Documentary

Synopsis

From New York City to the farmlands of the Midwest, there are 50,000 Chinese restaurants in the U.S., yet one dish in particular has conquered the American culinary landscape with a force befitting its military moniker—“General Tso’s Chicken.” But who was General Tso and how did this dish become so ubiquitous? Ian Cheney’s delightfully insightful documentary charts the history of Chinese Americans through the surprising origins of this sticky, sweet, just-spicy-enough dish that we’ve adopted as our own.

Title	The Search for General Tso
Companies	Sundance Selects, Wicked Delicate Films
Countries	China, Taiwan, United States of America
Keywords	food