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General Tso's chicken

North American Chinese sweet deep-fried chicken dish
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General Tso's chicken

Summary

General Tso's chicken ranks in the top 0.92% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,664 views/month, #716 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • Zuo Zongtang is named after General Tso's chicken[2].
  • General Tso's chicken is made of chicken as food[3].
  • General Tso's chicken is made of soy sauce[4].
  • General Tso's chicken is made of sugar[5].
  • General Tso's chicken is made of garlic[6].
  • General Tso's chicken is made of chili pepper[7].
  • General Tso's chicken is made of egg[8].
  • General Tso's chicken is made of broccoli[9].
  • General Tso's chicken is made of corn starch[10].
  • General Tso's chicken is made of Allium sativum[11].
  • General Tso's chicken is a type of chicken dish[12].
  • General Tso's chicken's Commons category is recorded as General Tso's Chicken[13].
  • General Tso's chicken's country of origin is recorded as Taiwan[14].
  • General Tso's chicken's country of origin is recorded as People's Republic of China[15].
  • General Tso's chicken's native label is recorded as 左宗棠雞[16].
  • General Tso's chicken's native label is recorded as 左宗棠鸡[17].
  • General Tso's chicken's native label is recorded as 左公雞[18].
  • General Tso's chicken's native label is recorded as 左公鸡[19].
  • General Tso's chicken's name in kana is recorded as さそうとうどり[20].

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Definition and Type

General Tso's chicken is a type of chicken dish[12].

Origins

Zuo Zongtang is named after General Tso's chicken[2].

Why It Matters

General Tso's chicken ranks in the top 0.92% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,664 views/month, #716 of 77,819).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Related Entities

People's Republic of China Taiwan

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11d ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → chicken dish
    Named after → Zuo Zongtang
    Made from material → chicken as food, soy sauce, sugar +6
    Country of origin → Taiwan, People's Republic of China
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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