Hey everyone, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, sweet and sour chicken. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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. The secret is in the chicken marinade, specifically using egg white and cornstarch, which creates a. This Sweet and Sour Chicken combines crispy chicken with chunks of onion, bell pepper and pineapple in a sticky homemade sauce.
Sweet and sour Chicken is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Sweet and sour Chicken is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have sweet and sour chicken using 15 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Sweet and sour Chicken:
- Prepare 2 cup boneless chicken- cubed
- Get 1 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
- Make ready 1 1/2 cup water, plus extra for snow peas
- Prepare 1 (10 oz) package snow peas
- Make ready 6 tbsp cornstarch
- Make ready 1/2 cup vinegar
- Get 1 (20 oz) can pineapple chunks (save juice)
- Get 1 large red pepper, sliced
- Prepare 4 oz sliced mushrooms
- Get 1 small jar of maraschino cherries
- Make ready 1 tsp almond extract (rum extract can be substituted)
- Make ready 1 salt - to taste
- Take 1 dash sugar
- Take 1 toasted almonds
- Take 1 You can add whatever vegies you like
Sweet and sour chicken is a popular Chinese recipe. 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. You could use a mix of boneless dark and white meat, makes the chicken pieces moist and juicy. Absolutely the best sweet and sour chicken recipe I've ever tried.
Instructions to make Sweet and sour Chicken:
- In a large saucepan cook water, brown sugar, cornstarch, 1/2 amount of pineapple juice in can and 2-3 tsp cherry juice from jar on medium to combine. Turn down to low.
- In a saute pan, cook chicken in oil and then add the mushrooms and pepper slices. In a small saucepan cook the peapods in a little water with salt and sugar til tender.
- Combine the chicken and veggies in the sauce and add 1/2 the can of pineapple chunks and 10-20 cherries.
- Serve over rice and top with toasted almond slivers
- Mix cold water with 6 Tbsp cornstarch stirring to make thick liquid. Pour into the brown sugar mixture and stir continuosly to thicken.*
My husband and I thought it was delicious. This recipe is authentic and tastes very similar to the restaraunt style sweet & sour chicken. I probably will not make it again though because of the amount of work. Sweet and Sour Chicken - in this popular dish bite size chicken pieces, fresh bell pepper and sweet pineapple are sautéed and tossed together with an incredibly flavorful Sweet and sour chicken has always been one of my favorite Chinese take-out dishes. It just as that irresistible, bright flavor plus a.
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