Sweet and Sour Chicken Recipe by OceanRecipes

Sweet and Sour Chicken is one of the best and classic Chinese dishes that is much popular. Cooking this sour chicken with pineapple make it alarming for most, but in reality, it’s much easier for you to make than you would expect. From all of the classic Chinese Recipes that most people ask for on our oceanrecipes site blog the one I hear about is the sweet and sour chicken.

However, when I was a teenager and I made this unique sauce for the first time in my life I also actually started learning how to use chopsticks. I used chopsticks for every meal and had a small bowl of Sweet and Sour Chicken Sauce to dip everything into to get an amazing taste. Moreover, you can use this Sweet and Sour Chicken sauce dish for your lunch and dinner meal.

How to make Sweet and Sour Chicken:

Whenever you start making a good Sweet and Sour Chicken recipe you just need a few tips, such as:

• You’ve to keep the breading super crispy and light. We usually prefer cornstarch for ease of use, but you don’t need something doughy that will absorb all the sauce like a sponge.
• Secondly, make sure that you’re using good pineapple chunks. We usually recommend a super sweet fresh pineapple or the frozen chunks you get at Costco.
• Lastly don’t skip the onions, because the onions and the bell peppers always play an important role in balancing the flavors of the dish. Without the onions, you would have a fully sweet entree with just a sour punch from the pineapple.

Ingredients of Crispy Sweet and Sour Chicken:

• Two and a half lbs boneless, skinless chicken breasts
• Salt and pepper just for taste
• One cup cornstarch
• Three eggs, lightly beaten
• 1/4 cup of the vegetable oil
• One cup sugar
• Six tablespoon ketchup
• 3/4 cup of the apple cider vinegar
• One and a half tablespoons of soy sauce
• One and a half teaspoons of garlic powder

Method of Sweet and Sour Chicken Chinese Food:

Step #1

First of all, you’ve to cut the chicken into bite-sized chunks and then season with salt and pepper. And then preheat the oven to 325ºF.

Step #2

After that, put the cornstarch in a shallow bowl and then put the eggs in a simple separate bowl. Now just place the oil in a large size skillet and heat over medium-high heat. Working in batches, dredge all the chicken in the cornstarch, and then dip in the three eggs.

Step #3

After that, you have to add the hot oil to it and brown on all its sides. Keep in mind that, you do not need to cook your chicken through; you need to just brown the outside to get a very crispy exterior. Transfer this chicken to a 9×13-inch best baking dish and continue the same procedure with the remaining chicken.

Step #4

After that, you’ve to take a bowl, and combine the sugar, ketchup, cider vinegar, soy sauce, and garlic powder. Pour this sauce over the top of your chicken.

Step #5

Lastly bake the chicken for about one hour, stirring every fifteen minutes, and then this Sweet and Sour Chicken serve over prepared rice.