Sweet and Sour Chicken
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Sweet and Sour Chicken
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Sweet and Sour Chicken is made with crispy fried chicken covered in a pineapple sweet and sour sauce. The ultimate Sweet and Sour Chicken Recipe is way better than take-out.
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Ingredients
- 4 chicken breast cut into bite-size pieces, boneless, skinless
- salt
- 3 large egg
- 1/2 cup cornstarch
- 1/2 cup flour
- neutral cooking oil generic cooking oil
Sweet and Sour Sauce:
- 1 1/2 cup pineapple juice
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup vinegar (rice, apple cider, or white)
- 2 Tablespoons soy sauce
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder (or 2 garlic cloves, minced)
- 1/2 teaspoon red chili flakes
- 2 Tablespoons ketchup
- 1 Tablespoon cornstarch
Optional:
- red pepper cut into bite-size pieces
- yellow pepper
- orange pepper
- 1/4 red onion (cut into bite-size pieces)
- pineapple cut into chunks, fresh
Instructions
Sweet and Sour Sauce:
- In a medium pot, add pineapple juice, sugar, vinegar, soy sauce, garlic, red chili flakes, and ketchup. Heat for 3 minutes. Whisk in 1 Tablespoon of cornstarch. Continue to cook for 5 minutes, until the mixture begins to thicken. Once the sauce is thickened, remove it from the heat.
Chicken:
- Sprinkle chicken with salt. Place flour and cornstarch in a shallow dish or pie plate. Whisk eggs in a shallow dish. Dip chicken pieces in egg mixture and then flour mixture. Place on a plate.
- Heat 2 -3 inches of oil in a heavy-bottomed pot over medium-high heat. Using a thermometer, let it reach 350 degrees. Working in batches, cook several chicken pieces at a time. Cook for 3-4 minutes, turning often until golden brown. Place chicken on a paper-towel-lined plate. Repeat.
- Toss chicken with sweet and sour sauce. You may reserve some of the sauce to place on the rice. Top with fresh pineapple chunks.
- If using vegetables, either saute them with a touch of oil before tossing them with the sweet and sour chicken or add them to the sauce. If you add them to the sauce, they will be softer.
Notes
- If you want a tangier sauce, add 1-2 Tablespoons more vinegar.
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