Sweet 'n' Sour Chicken
Sweet 'n' Sour Chicken

Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, sweet 'n' sour chicken. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look 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 Of the classic Chinese Recipes that most people ask for on my blog the one I hear about the absolute most is sweet and sour chicken. This Sweet and Sour Chicken combines crispy chicken with chunks of onion, bell pepper and pineapple in a sticky homemade sauce.

Sweet 'n' Sour Chicken is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Sweet 'n' Sour Chicken is something which I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have sweet 'n' sour chicken using 18 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Sweet 'n' Sour Chicken:
  1. Get 220 g chicken breast, cut into chunks,
  2. Prepare 1 large green or red bell pepper, cut into chunks,
  3. Get 1 onion, cut into chunks,
  4. Take 100 g frozen or fresh pineapple chunks,
  5. Make ready 1 spring onion, sliced thinly
  6. Make ready Vegetable or sunflower oil for frying,
  7. Take For the chicken coating:
  8. Make ready 3 tbsp Cornflour,
  9. Make ready 1/2 tsp white pepper,
  10. Take 1/4 tsp salt,
  11. Make ready 1 tbsp Dark soy sauce,
  12. Get 1 beaten egg,
  13. Take For the sweet and sour sauce:
  14. Prepare 3 tbsp sugar free ketchup,
  15. Make ready 1 and 1/2 tbsp organic runny honey,
  16. Get 1 and 1/2 tbsp white wine vinegar,
  17. Take 1/2 tbsp premium oyster sauce,
  18. Take 1 tbsp light soy sauce

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. This entree was served at a special dinner hosted by my Sunday school teacher. The ingredients are simple, but the chicken is tender and tasty.

Instructions to make Sweet 'n' Sour Chicken:
  1. In a bowl large enough to place all of the chicken pieces in, put the dark soy sauce. Add the chicken and toss so that it is all coated fully. Leave in fridge to marinate for 10-15 mins.
  2. In a separate bowl large enough for the chicken pieces, place about three tbsp of cornflour, the white pepper and salt.Take the marinated chicken pieces and dip each piece into the beaten egg and then roll into the cornflour mixture until lightly coated with no gaps. Do this with all the chicken.
  3. Heat up a wok over a high heat and add enough cooking oil to cover about 4-5mm of the base. Leave to get hot enough for frying then add the chicken pieces in batches, so not to overfill the wok and lower the cooking temperature, using wooden chopsticks or tongs turn occasionally until all sides are crispy and golden brown. The chicken should only take a few minutes to cook. Lay out some sheets of kitchen roll and gently remove the pieces from the wok and lay them out on it to remove excess oil.
  4. Here it's usually wise to slice into one of the larger pieces of chicken, to ensure it's cooked through and not pink. In a jug or cup make up the sweet and sour sauce by adding all of the listed ingredients for the sauce and giving it a good mix. Set aside.
  5. Carefully remove almost all of the oil from the wok, leaving just enough to fry the vegetables with, (around 2 tbsp worth). Add the onion first and stir whilst it fries so it doesn't burn. After around three minutes add the bell pepper and the pineapple, cook for another 2-3 mins, or if using frozen pineapple, until it's no longer cold in the centre and is defrosted.
  6. Add the sweet and sour sauce to the wok with the onions, pineapple and peppers. Reduce down for around two minutes until it starts to thicken and it's warmed through. Add the crispy chicken pieces and toss everything together quickly (to keep coating from becoming too soggy), so it's evenly coated in the sauce. Remove from the heat.
  7. Plate up and garnish with chopped spring onions.
  8. Perfect eaten alongside Chinese style rice or noodle dishes.

I serve it to company and am often asked for the recipe.—Christine McDonald, Riverdale, Utah. Sweet and sour is a generic term that encompasses many styles of sauce, cuisine and cooking methods. It is commonly used in Asia and has been used in England since the Middle Ages. Sweet and sour remains popular in Europe and the Americas. Absolutely the best sweet and sour chicken recipe I've ever tried.

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