Friday, January 17, 2014

Sweet & Sour Chicken

I looked for years for a sweet and sour chicken recipe that I liked and finally came up with this. There are two ways to make it: the chicken can be made with batter yourself or you can skip that part and use pre-battered chicken tenders baked in the oven and then cut into strips (I use Tyson). This isn't as good as the home made way, but it makes a good, quick meal.

Sweet & Sour Chicken

Cut 12 pieces of chicken tenders (or about 4 chicken breasts) into 1" squares.

Batter:
1 Egg
1/3 C Milk
1/2 C Flour
1/2 t Baking Power

Mix ingredients for batter and then roll the chicken pieces int it. Stir fry them in oil.

Sauce:
2/3 C Sugar
2 T Rice Vinegar
3 T Ketchup
3/4 C Water
2 T Cornstarch
*

Combine sugar and cornstarch in a medium saucepan, mixing well. Add ketchup and vinegar and stir until mixed, then add water. (I found that doing it this way prevents lumps when it's cooked.) Cook over medium heat until thickened.

*Optional: Use pineapple tidbits: drain and use the juice instead of water in the sauce recipe. Add the pineapple after the sauce is thickened.

*Optional: Slice green peppers and/or onions to add to sauce after thickened.

Serve over rice.

1 comment:

  1. Shane loves this, I haven't made it since I made it for my roommates and him a long time ago, but he just brought it up the other day out of the blue. I was surprised that he remembered. I'm going to make it tonight!

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