Sweet and Sour Chicken
photo by Pam-I-Am
- Ready In:
- 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Serves:
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6-8
ingredients
- 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 2 1⁄2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut in 1 1/2 inch cubes
- salt
- pepper
- 2 red bell peppers, cut in 1 inch squares
- 2 green bell peppers, cut in 1 inch squares
- 2 medium onions, cut in 1 inch squares
- 1 (13 1/2 ounce) can pineapple chunks (drain and save juice)
- 1⁄4 cup orange juice
- 1⁄4 cup light brown sugar
- 1⁄4 cup cider vinegar or 1/4 cup rice wine vinegar
- 1⁄2 cup chicken stock
- 4 teaspoons cornstarch, dissolved in
- 4 teaspoons cold water
directions
- Combine the juices, sugar, vinegar and stock in a small bowl.
- Season the chicken cubes. Sauté in the vegetable oil until all pinkness is gone and the chicken is beginning to brown. Remove to a clean plate/bowl.
- Add peppers and onion to sauté pan. Heat for 1-2 minutes.
- Add the pineapple. Heat 1 minute.
- Add the juice mixture. Simmer until sauce has reduced by a third.
- Add cornstarch slurry slowly, stirring well, until sauce has a nice consistency.
- Add chicken back to pan, and simmer 5 minutes.
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Reviews
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I made your dish tonight for dinner. My 5 year old asked for sweet n' sour chicken. I found your site on the web, plus I had all of the ingredients on hand. Instead of putting the chicken in the sauce, I dipped my chicken in a prepared pancake batter and deep fried it. I also added about 2T more of brown sugar to sweetened a little more. My daughter loved it and so did I. Thanks! Looking forward to trying some more recipes.
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I halved the recipe for the 3 of us tonight. I though this was a nice traditional recipe for S&S chicken. I like ketchup or tomato sauce in the sauce so I added about 1/4 of it as well. I also marinated the chicken in some soy sauce and corn starch prior to stir frying it as it gives the chicken more flavor...I do this with a lot of stir fry recipes. I did like that your recipe had lots of color with the red and green peppers and pineapple. Some recipes don't include both. Thanks for sharing.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
DrGaellon
New Rochelle, 0
I'm a 48 y/o gay Jewish man in the suburbs immediately north of New York City. I'm a general internist, practicing and teaching at a medical college north of NYC. I also earned a Masters in Public Health degree in 2013.
After a Walt Disney World trip in Dec 2006 where I had to rent an electric scooter because I couldn't manage the walking, I decided to have gastric bypass surgery, which was done Feb 28, 2007. I lost 160 lbs (though I've gained back about 60 of that since). I can't eat as much as I used to, so I want every bite to be extra good!