Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, sweet and sour chicken. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Chinese-style sweet and sour chicken, stir-fried with bell peppers and pineapple chunks. This recipe for Sweet and Sour Chicken doesn't deep fry, but instead uses a method for creating a delicate, smooth and succulent chicken that goes perfectly with a lighter sweet and sour sauce. This Sweet and Sour Chicken combines crispy chicken with chunks of onion, bell pepper and pineapple in a sticky homemade sauce. Ingredients for Sweet and Sour Chicken.
Sweet and Sour Chicken is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look wonderful. Sweet and Sour Chicken is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook sweet and sour chicken using 31 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Sweet and Sour Chicken:
- Prepare For the chicken:
- Prepare 500 ml vegetable oil for frying the chicken
- Prepare 250 gr boneless chicken thigh meat, diced 3x3 cm
- Make ready 1/2 tsp salt
- Get 1/4 tsp white pepper powder
- Take For the batter:
- Prepare 4 Tbsp all purpose flour
- Prepare 60 ml ice water
- Get For the coating:
- Take 4 Tbsp all purpose flour
- Take 1 Tbsp rice flour
- Take 1 Tbsp cornstarch
- Prepare 1/4 tsp white pepper powder
- Make ready For the sauce: (mix together in a small bowl)
- Prepare 3 Tbsp tomato ketchup
- Prepare 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- Take 1 Tbsp oyster sauce
- Get 1 Tbsp honey
- Prepare 1/4 tsp white pepper powder
- Get Other ingredients:
- Take 2 Tbsp vegetable oil
- Make ready 3 cloves garlic, minced
- Prepare 1/4 onion, diced
- Take 1/2 red chili pepper, diagonally cut
- Prepare 1/2 cucumber, cut out the seeds, diagonally cut
- Get 150 gr pineapple, sliced
- Make ready 1/2 red bell pepper, sliced
- Get 1 tsp rice vinegar
- Take 50 ml water
- Make ready 1 tsp cornstarch mixed with 3 Tbsp water
- Prepare 1 stalk green onion, diagonally cut
You can also make this with pork or shrimp. This takes some time in preparation but you can also use frozen chicken. Sweet and sour chicken is a popular Chinese recipe. 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.
Steps to make Sweet and Sour Chicken:
- Season the chicken with salt and pepper. Set aside for 15 minutes.
1. Dip the chicken into the batter ingredients. Coat evenly with flour mixture. Shake the excess flour off.
1. Deep fry the chicken until crispy and golden brown. Remove from the pan. Set aside.
1. For the sauce: - Heat the vegetable oil in a wok over medium heat. Sauté garlic and onion, until fragrant.
1. Add sauce ingredients and white pepper powder. Pour water. Mix well. Bring it to boil.
1. Add red bell pepper, cucumber, and pineapple. Mix well.
1. Add rice vinegar. Add the cornstarch mixture and continue to cook until thickened. Test the taste.
1. Add green onion and mix well again.
1. Toss in the chicken and do a few quick stirs. - Serve immediately with warm steamed rice. Yum! 😋
1. Dip the chicken into the batter ingredients. Coat evenly with flour mixture. Shake the excess flour off.
Sweet and sour chicken is a popular Chinese recipe. 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. Skip the take out - this Sweet and Sour Chicken Recipe is so good that you'll put it on the permanent rotation. Chicken is coated in a sweet and sticky And it smelled so good. So I decided to have lunch at work that day.
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