Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, sweet and sour chicken. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Sweet and sour chicken is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look fantastic. Sweet and sour chicken is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
Sweet and Sour Chicken is a classic Chinese takeout option most of us are too afraid to make at home. Something about woks and cooking with pineapple make it intimidating for most, but it is so much easier to make than you would think. Popular videos from Dinner, Then Dessert! 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.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have sweet and sour chicken using 12 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Sweet and sour chicken:
- Get chicken breading
- Get 3 -5 chicken breast ( boneless, skinless of course) wash and cut up your chicken ahead of time ;)
- Make ready 1 salt and pepper
- Prepare 1 cup cornstarch (or more)
- Get 2 -6 eggs, beaten ( I used four chicken breast and some reason kept running out of eggs so I ended up with 6 lol)
- Take 1/3 cup 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.
- Take For the sauce
- Prepare 3/4 cup sugar
- Make ready 4 tbsp ketchup
- Make ready 1/2 cup White distilled vinegar
- Prepare 1 tbsp soy sauce
- Get 1 tsp garlic salt
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. Season chicken with salt and pepper.
Steps to make Sweet and sour chicken:
- 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
Chicken - use boneless skinless chicken thighs for the best flavor, or chicken breasts for a lighter option. Season chicken with salt and pepper. Coat with cornstarch, dip in beaten egg. Fry until golden, crispy and cooked through. Sweet and sour chicken is a popular Chinese recipe.
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