<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Southern Min </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Hokkien POJ </Th> <Td> chó - kong - ke </Td> </Tr> <P> General Tso's chicken (pronounced (tswò)) is a sweet, deep - fried chicken dish that is served in North American Chinese restaurants . (It is also seen with other variants, such as General Tse's chicken .) The dish is named after Zuo Zongtang (also romanized Tso Tsung - t'ang), a Qing dynasty statesman and military leader, although there is no recorded connection to him nor is the dish known in Hunan, Zuo's home province . </P> <P> The food has been associated with Zuo Zongtang (Tso Tsung - t'ang) (1812--1885), a Qing dynasty statesman and military leader from Hunan Province . Zuo himself could not have eaten the dish as it is today, and the dish is found neither in Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province, nor in Xiangyin County, where Zuo was born . Moreover, Zuo's descendants, who are still living in Xiangyin County, when interviewed, say that they have never heard of such a dish . </P>

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