Sweet and Sour Chicken is such a yummy dinner. This recipe is easy to make and gives you crispy chicken in a tangy, sweet, and sticky sauce.
There are 3 steps – chicken, sauce, and finishing – but it’s actually pretty easy and doesn’t have a long cooking time.
Serve it up with steamed rice and steamed broccoli which is my go-to for a nicely balanced meal.
Makes
4 servings
Prep Time:
20 minutes
Cook Time:
20 minutes
Good For:
dinner
Ingredients
Chicken
- 2 chicken breasts thinly sliced across the grain
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 egg
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/3 cup cornstarch
Sauce
- 2 tablespoons ketchup
- 2 tablespoons rice or white vinegar
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 3 tablespoons brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons pineapple juice
- 1/2 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
Finishing Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 clove garlic finely diced
- 2 teaspoons ginger finely diced
- 2 green onions sliced into small pieces
- 1 pepper sliced into thin strips
- 1/3 cup pineapple diced
How to make Sweet & Sour Chicken
Check out our easy step by step video
Step by Step Instructions
Step 1
Mix all the sauce ingredients together in a small bowl and set aside
Step 2
Mix the chicken with the vegetable oil, egg and salt
Step 3
Mix in the cornstarch and evenly coat the chicken
Step 4
Heat a heavy-bottomed skillet – a cast iron if you have one – until hot, and then carefully add in the oil
Step 5
Add chicken into a single layer in the skillet and cook without moving for 2 to 3 minutes, or until the bottom turns golden
Step 6
Turn each piece over and cook the other side for 2 to 3 minutes or until cooked through and then transfer to baking pan in a single layer and set aside
Step 7
Allow the pan to cool a little and then add in the green onion, garlic, and ginger and cook for 30 seconds
Step 8
Add in the peppers and cook for 1 minute
Step 9
Stir the sauce mixture to make sure the cornstarch is mixed in and pour into the pan
Step 10
Stir until it thickens and then add in the pineapple and warm through – about 1 minute
Step 11
Add in the chicken and gently stir to coat in the sauce
Step 12
Serve over steamed rice and enjoy
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Sweet and Sour Chicken
Ingredients
Chicken
- 2 chicken breasts thinly sliced across the grain
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 egg
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/3 cup cornstarch
Sauce
- 2 tablespoons ketchup
- 2 tablespoons rice or white vinegar
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 3 tablespoons brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons pineapple juice
- 1/2 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
Finishing Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 clove garlic finely diced
- 2 teaspoons ginger finely diced
- 2 green onions sliced into small pieces
- 1 pepper sliced into thin strips
- 1/3 cup pineapple diced
Instructions
- Mix all the sauce ingredients together in a small bowl and set aside
- Mix the chicken with the vegetable oil, egg and salt
- Mix in the cornstarch and evenly coat the chicken
- Heat a heavy-bottomed skillet - a cast iron if you have one - until hot, and then carefully add in the oil
- Add chicken into a single layer in the skillet and cook without moving for 2 to 3 minutes, or until the bottom turns golden
- Turn each piece over and cook the other side for 2 to 3 minutes or until cooked through and then transfer to baking pan in a single layer and set aside
- Allow the pan to cool a little and then add in the green onion, garlic, and ginger and cook for 30 seconds
- Add in the peppers and cook for 1 minute
- Stir the sauce mixture to make sure the cornstarch is mixed in and pour into the pan
- Stir until it thickens and then add in the pineapple and warm through - about 1 minute
- Add in the chicken and gently stir to coat in the sauce
- Serve over steamed rice and enjoy
Nutrition Facts per serving
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