"The Search For General Tso" is in theaters.

Chop suey, egg rolls, fortune cookies. You’ve probably eaten one or more of those dishes at your favorite Chinese restaurant.

Chinese food — or at least the Chinese food that is so popular in the United States — has become a well-known part of American culture. It’s against that backdrop that the documentary "The Search for General Tso" is set.

Jennifer 8 Lee helped produce the film, which draws a lot from her book, "The Fortune Cookie Chronicles."