Sweet and sour chicken. Chinese-style sweet and sour chicken, stir-fried with bell peppers and pineapple chunks. This recipe for Sweet and Sour Chicken doesn't deep fry, but instead uses a method for creating a delicate, smooth and succulent chicken that goes perfectly with a lighter sweet and sour sauce. Sweet and Sour Chicken is a classic Chinese takeout option most of us are too afraid to make at home.
This Sweet and Sour Chicken combines crispy chicken with chunks of onion, bell pepper and pineapple in a sticky homemade sauce.
Ingredients for Sweet and Sour Chicken.
Chicken - use boneless skinless chicken thighs for the best flavor, or chicken breasts for a lighter option.
You can have Sweet and sour chicken using 12 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Sweet and sour chicken
- Prepare of chicken breading.
- Prepare 3 of -5 chicken breast ( boneless, skinless of course) wash and cut up your chicken ahead of time ;).
- Prepare 1 of salt and pepper.
- Prepare 1 cup of cornstarch (or more).
- It's 2 of -6 eggs, beaten ( I used four chicken breast and some reason kept running out of eggs so I ended up with 6 lol).
- It's 1/3 cup of canola oil. ( I used used a skillet and there was a lot of chicken and I ended up filling up the oil a few times..
- Prepare of For the sauce.
- It's 3/4 cup of sugar.
- Prepare 4 tbsp of ketchup.
- You need 1/2 cup of White distilled vinegar.
- You need 1 tbsp of soy sauce.
- It's 1 tsp of garlic salt.
Restaurant style sweet and sour chicken. You can also make this with pork or shrimp. This takes some time in preparation but you can also use frozen chicken. Sweet and sour chicken is a popular Chinese recipe.
Sweet and sour chicken step by step
- FOR THE CHICKEN BREADING:::::.
- Rinse chicken, trim off fat or extras and then cut into 1 inch cubes. season with salt and pepper. Dip chicken into cornstarch and coat all the way and then into eggs.(((( What i did to make it easier and faster for me was get a bag or gallon size ziplock bag and put all the chicken in their. Then i put a little more cornstarch and shook it till all the chicken was fully covered. Every piece. If not add more starch. Then i got my eggs aside and pulled out a handful of chicken and dropped in the egg and tossed the chicken around till each piece was coated in egg. Then repeated till i had a full skillet of chicken. Browned those and repeated till all the chicken was done.))) Heat oil in large skillet. Cook chicken until browned. Place in baking dish. 3 chicken breasts can be in a 9x9 but 5 chicken breasts fits better in a 9x13..
- FOR THE SAUCE:::::.
- Whisk until smooth. Then pour evenly over chicken. Turn chicken so the sauce gets on both sides and then put in the oven at 350°F for 15 minutes. turn chicken and then cook for 15 more minutes.
For the best sweet and sour chicken, please following my cooking tips below: The combination of plum sauce, Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce and Chinese rice vinegar make the sauce tastes like the best Chinese restaurants. Sweet and Sour Chicken is made by batter-frying chicken and then tossing it in a quick and easy sweet and sour sauce. If you love Chinese food but But really, who doesn't love crispy fried chicken with that classic sweet and sour combo? As with most of the dishes on the blog. This sweet and sour chicken recipe is fast, easy, and good for the whole family!
