The Search for General Tso

The Search for General Tso

2014
1h 11m
6.4

6.4/10

58 votes • View on IMDb
Documentary
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.

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Status: Released

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Sundance Selects Wicked Delicate Films
Production Countries
China Taiwan United States of America
Spoken Languages
English

Keywords

food

Quick Facts

Release Date April 20, 2014
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt3576038
Website Visit Site

Cast

Susan Carter
Susan Carter

Self - American historian

Ian Cheney
Ian Cheney

self

Philip Chiang
Philip Chiang

Self - restaurant owner

Andrew Coe
Andrew Coe

Self - food writer

Liang Xiao Jin
Liang Xiao Jin

Self - Chinese historian

Key Crew

Ian Cheney
Director