Hey everyone, it is Drew, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, sweet and sour chicken. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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. Of the classic Chinese Recipes that most people ask for on my.
Sweet and sour Chicken is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. 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 fine and they look fantastic.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have sweet and sour chicken using 15 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Sweet and sour Chicken:
- Prepare 2 cup boneless chicken- cubed
- Make ready 1 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
- Take 1 1/2 cup water, plus extra for snow peas
- Take 1 (10 oz) package snow peas
- Take 6 tbsp cornstarch
- Make ready 1/2 cup vinegar
- Take 1 (20 oz) can pineapple chunks (save juice)
- Prepare 1 large red pepper, sliced
- Take 4 oz sliced mushrooms
- Prepare 1 small jar of maraschino cherries
- Prepare 1 tsp almond extract (rum extract can be substituted)
- Make ready 1 salt - to taste
- Make ready 1 dash sugar
- Prepare 1 toasted almonds
- Prepare 1 You can add whatever vegies you like
Absolutely the best sweet and sour chicken recipe I've ever tried. 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.
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.*
Skip the take out - this Sweet and Sour Chicken Recipe is so good that you'll put it on the permanent rotation. So I decided to have lunch at work that day. I chose out an egg roll and some sweet and sour chicken, then went to my desk to eat - only to be completely disappointed. 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.
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