Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, sweet and sour chicken. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Sweet and Sour Chicken is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Sweet and Sour Chicken is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.
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.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have sweet and sour chicken using 18 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Sweet and Sour Chicken:
- Get 2 lb boneless skinless chicken breasts cut to about 1" pieces
- Get 1/2 cup cornstarch
- Make ready 2 large eggs - beaten
- Take 2 tbs vegetable oil
- Prepare 1 (20 oz) can pineapple tidbit in juice - drained, juices reserved
- Get 1/2 cup low sodium chicken broth
- Take 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
- Prepare 1/2 cup brown sugar - packed
- Take 1/4 cup all natural ketchup
- Prepare 2 tbs low sodium soy sauce
- Prepare 2 tbs cornstarch
- Take 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
- Prepare 1 medium green bell pepper - chopped to 1/2" pieces
- Prepare 1 medium red bell pepper - chopped to 1/2" pieces
- Make ready 2 green onions/scallions sliced on the bias for garnish
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.
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!
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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