Potato Nachos with General Tso’s Chicken
Ingredients:
- cooking spray
- 3 Idaho® Russet potatoes
- sea salt
- 3 tablespoons olive oil, divided
- 1 1/3 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- 3 tablespoons low-sodium tamari (use low-sodium soy sauce if not gluten free)
- 4 tablespoons water
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 ½ tablespoons shaoxing wine (or use cooking sherry)
- 1 ½ tablespoons white vinegar
- ½ teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 ½ teaspoons cornstarch
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1 lb. cooked and shredded chicken breasts
- ½ cup diced red and yellow peppers
- 2 scallions, sliced
- 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 425 ° F. Spray two large baking sheets with cooking spray. Set aside.
- Wash and scrub potatoes. Using a mandoline, slice potatoes to ¼-inch slices. You can also slice potatoes with a food processor, but the slices tend to be less even.
- Toss potatoes with a generous pinch of salt and 2 ½ tablespoons of olive oil, saving the rest of the oil for later.
- Cover each baking sheet with a layer of sliced potatoes. Depending on the size of your baking sheets, you may need to bake everything in two batches.
- Bake potatoes for 25 to 28 minutes, flipping them halfway through. The potatoes should have a nice golden color.
- Bring the oven to 385 ° F. Pile all the baked potato slices onto one baking sheet. Sprinkle with 1 cup of mozzarella cheese, saving the rest for later. Bake for 5 minutes.
- While potatoes are baking, prepare General Tso’s chicken. In a small bowl, mix tamari, water, sugar, shaoxing wine, vinegar, sesame oil, and cornstarch. Set aside.
- Heat remaining ½ tablespoon of oil in a sauté pan over medium-high heat. Add minced garlic and red pepper flakes and cook for 30 seconds to a minute, until garlic starts to brown. Add tamari mixture to the pan and let the sauce bubble and thicken for a minute. Turn off heat. Add shredded chicken and toss to coat with sauce.
- Remove potatoes from oven. Top potato nachos with chicken, half of the diced peppers, and remaining cheese. Bake for another 2 to 3 minutes.
- Remove nachos from oven and sprinkle with more diced peppers, scallions, and cilantro. Serve immediately.