The Search for General Tso

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

April 20, 2014

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

China, Taiwan, United States of America

Production

Sundance Selects,Wicked Delicate Films

Cast

Liang Xiao Jin,Andrew Coe,Susan Carter,Ian Cheney,Philip Chiang

Director

Ian Cheney

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

Homepage

Official site

IMDb

tt3576038