Sweet and sour chicken. Best and easiest sweet and sour chicken I have tried on this site! I made a few changes out of neccesity using a can of cubed pineapple with about half of the syrup and snow peas instead of the celery and gr. peppers. Tonight I will make again using the exact recipe!
One comment about the directions: the amount of water to add to the chicken batter is a little hard to interperate.
All Sweet And Sour Chicken Recipes Ideas.
Season chicken strips and add to pan.
You can have Sweet and sour chicken using 13 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Sweet and sour chicken
- It's 1 lb of boneless skinless chicken tights.
- It's 1 cup of pineapple chunks.
- You need 3 cups of peanut or vegetable oil.
- You need 1 1/2 of cornstach.
- You need 1/2 teaspoon of salt & pepper to taste.
- You need of for the sauce:.
- It's 3 tbsp of cold water.
- Prepare 2 tbsp of ketchup.
- Prepare 2 tbsp of orange juice.
- Prepare 1 1/2 tbsp of cider or apple vinager.
- Prepare 1 tbsp of worcestershire sauce.
- You need 1 tbsp of soy sauce.
- It's 2 tbsp of sugar.
Brown chicken and remove to plate. Stir in pineapple chunks, juice, sugar, vinegar and chicken stock and bring. Just like the Shrimp Fried Rice, a very hot pan is essential to making this Sweet and Sour Chicken so that the chicken can sear quickly. Heat your frying pan until a bead of water will sizzle instantly and evaporate on contact.
Sweet and sour chicken step by step
- Cut the chicken tights in small bite sized pieces. In a small bowl mix the egg whites with salt and coat the chicken in the egg white mixture..
- In a large bowl or deep plate, toss the marinated chicken in the cornstarch to coat it. Shake off any excess before frying..
- Heat 3 cups of oil and add first batch of chicken and deep fry until lightly cold. The chicken will come back later to be fried twice so don't cook too much, just enough to be cooked through. It should take about 3 to 4 minutes..
- Transfer the chicken to a plate lined with paper towels. Repeat with the rest of the chicken..
- Heat the remaining 1 tbsp of oil in the skillet over medium-high heat. When hot (about 20 seconds) add thr pineapple and the sauce and stir to coat. Let the sauce simmer for about 2 to 3 minutes until the pineapple is tender..
- Return the chicken to the pan and toss until well coated with the sauce..
- Transfer to the plate, sprinkle sesame seeds or scallions on top (optional) for garnish and serve..
Just flick a bit of water onto the hot pan and you should hear a "tssszzzaaaaa" as it hits the surface. Turn sweet and sour chicken into a next-level stir-fry. Get the recipe from Carlsbad Cravings. Baked Sweet and Sour Chicken Reheat: Sweet and Sour Chicken is best reheated on the stove. Reheating it in the microwave can make the chicken rubbery and overcooked.
