Where to Watch The Search for General Tso Online

Looking to feast your eyes on 'The Search for General Tso' on your TV or mobile device at home? Hunting down a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the Ian Cheney-directed movie via subscription can be tricky, so we here at Moviefone want to take the pressure off.

Read on for a listing of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription options - along with the availability of 'The Search for General Tso' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the nitty-gritty of how you can watch 'The Search for General Tso' right now, here are some finer points about the Sundance Selects, Wicked Delicate Films documentary flick.

Released April 20th, 2014, 'The Search for General Tso' stars The movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 11 min, and received a user score of 65 (out of 100) on TMDb, which assembled reviews from 51 well-known users.

What, so now you want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "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."

'The Search for General Tso' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on Google Play Movies, Plex, Plex Channel, Amazon Video, Apple TV, Pluto TV, and YouTube .