Saturday, January 19, 2013

Lori's Sweet and Sour Chicken


Chicken
4 boneless skinless breasts thawed, cut into 2" cubes
1 egg
2 T. good soy sauce
1 c. Flour
3T. Oil
Vegatables
2 carrots cut into matchsticks
1/2 onion coarsely chopped
1/2 green pepper, coarsely chopped
1 can Pineapple cubes in their own juice.
Sauce
1 c. brown sugar
1 1/3c. water
1/3c.good red wine vinegar
Juice from pineapple
2 T. cornstarch

Put cut up chicken in mixture of soy and whisked egg and marinate for at least 30 min. Put chopped veggies in a bowl and set aside.  Drain Pineapple and whisk juice with sauce mixture, save out 1 c. of sauce mixture in another small bowl and whisk it with the cornstarch. Drain some of the soy/egg marinade from the chicken and toss it with the flour until coated. Now you're ready to start cooking!  Heat oil in a large skillet  add chicken nuggets and fry until golden( these are really good "as is" if you ever want plain chicken nuggets!) Remove chicken briefly from pain and stir-fry veggies 1-2 minutes. Add your sauce mixture and bring to a boil.  Add cornstarch mixture and let it thicken, approx 1 minute.Add back chicken and add pineapple. It should be ready to serve!  Great over white rice!

1 comment:

  1. Lori, I tried your recipe tonight. I didn't have time to fry the chicken so I just used boiled chicken and splashed some soy sauce into the sweet and sour sauce. Josh and I loved it! Thanks for sharing!

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