The Search for General Tso

The Search for General Tso

6.5 /10 57 votes
April 20, 2014 1h 11m Released

Storyline

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.

Key Information

Director Ian Cheney
Studio Sundance Selects
Rating 6.5/10
Language EN

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The Search for General Tso was released on April 20, 2014.

The runtime of The Search for General Tso is 1h 11m.

The Search for General Tso is a Documentary movie.

The Search for General Tso has a rating of 6.5 out of 10 on TMDB.

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The Search for General Tso was directed by Ian Cheney.

The Search for General Tso is originally in English.