Sweet and Sour Chicken Recipe
Sweet and Sour Chicken with crispy chicken, pineapple, and bell peppers tastes just like takeout without the food coloring. Try this today!
Ingredients
- 1 ½ poundschicken breasts (, (about 4 pieces) cut into 1-inch chunks )
- ½ cupcornstarch
- 2eggs (, beaten)
- ¼ cupflour
- 1 cuppineapple chunks (, cut into 1-inch chunks)
- 1red bell pepper (, cut into 1-inch chunks)
- 1green bell pepper (, cut into 1-inch chunks)
- ½yellow onion (, cut into 1-inch chunks)
- vegetable oil (, for frying)
- ½ cupsugar
- ¼ cupbrown sugar
- ½ cupapple cider vinegar
- ⅓ cupketchup
- 4 teaspoonsreduced sodium soy sauce
- 2 clovesgarlic (, minced)
Directions
- 1
To make the sauce, whisk together the sugar, brown sugar, apple cider vinegar, ketchup, soy sauce, and garlic into a small bowl.
- 2
Pour enough vegetable oil into a Dutch oven or frying pan so that comes up from the bottom about an inch and a half. Preheat on medium-high heat.
- 3
Add the cornstarch to a large ziplock bag then add chicken pieces and shake until well coated.
- 4
Dip the chicken pieces into the egg, then into the flour before adding to the hot oil. Add in batches so as not to have more than a single layer of it in the oil at a time.
- 5
Cook the chicken for 2-3 minutes, until cooked through and crispy.
- 6
Remove to a cookie sheet (no paper towels!) and continue cooking the remaining batches of chicken.
- 7
When done cooking remove all but a tablespoon of the oil, then add peppers, onion, and pineapple. Cook for 1-2 minutes, until crisp-tender.
- 8
Add the chicken pieces and stir until the sauce is thickened and bubbling.
- 9
Serve immediately, with optional garnishes of sesame seeds or green onions.