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.
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Susan Carter
Self - American historian
Ian Cheney
self
Philip Chiang
Self - restaurant owner
Andrew Coe
Self - food writer
Liang Xiao Jin
Self - Chinese historian
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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.
The Search for General Tso is available to watch. Check streaming platforms and theaters near you.
The Search for General Tso was directed by Ian Cheney.
The main cast of The Search for General Tso includes Susan Carter, Ian Cheney, Philip Chiang.
The Search for General Tso is originally in English.