Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, sweet and sour chicken. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really 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 recent trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Sweet and Sour Chicken is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook sweet and sour chicken using 18 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Sweet and Sour Chicken:
- Get 2 lb boneless skinless chicken breasts cut to about 1" pieces
- Prepare 1/2 cup cornstarch
- Get 2 large eggs - beaten
- Make ready 2 tbs vegetable oil
- Prepare 1 (20 oz) can pineapple tidbit in juice - drained, juices reserved
- Make ready 1/2 cup low sodium chicken broth
- Make ready 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
- Get 1/2 cup brown sugar - packed
- Make ready 1/4 cup all natural ketchup
- Take 2 tbs low sodium soy sauce
- Get 2 tbs cornstarch
- Get 1/4 tsp crushed red pepper flakes (optional)
- Get to taste salt and pepper
- Make ready ~Optional veggies
- Get 1 medium yellow onion - chopped to 1/2" pieces
- Make ready 1 medium green bell pepper - chopped to 1/2" pieces
- Take 1 medium red bell pepper - chopped to 1/2" pieces
- Prepare 2 green onions/scallions sliced on the bias for garnish
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.
Steps to make Sweet and Sour Chicken:
- Begin heating a large skillet over medium heat. Place 1/2 cup cornstarch in a large bowl. Beat eggs in a separate large bowl. Place bowls side by side close to stove.
- When skillet is hot add oil. Season all the chicken pieces with salt and pepper. Place all in cornstarch and toss to coat. Transfer pieces to egg, shaking off excess cornstarch, and toss to coat again (I think using your hands works best for this step, clean of course).
- Arrange half of the pieces in skillet (to prevent crowding and sticking together). Cook until golden brown on all sides and cooked through. About 7 minutes. Transfer to a paper towel lined plate. Repeat with remaining chicken.
- If adding veggies place in skillet after chicken is removed. Cook until they begin to soften, about 5 minutes, stirring often. (My husband prefers without, so I leave out the peppers, but I won't budge on the onion. Lol.)
- While chicken or veggies cook, wisk together reserved pineapple juice, chicken broth, vinegar, brown sugar, ketchup, soy sauce, and 2 tbs cornstarch (and red pepper flakes if using).
- Add sauce to skillet. Bring to a simmer and cook until thickened, stirring often. Add chicken and pineapple tidbits to sauce. Stir to coat. Reduce heat to medium-low and cook until warmed through.
- Serve over rice, garnish with green onion/scallions if desired. Enjoy!
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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