Chicken in Sweet and Sour Sauce
This Chicken in Sweet and Sour Sauce tastes better than your favorite takeout place without the salt & sugar. The chicken is coated in a deliciously thick sauce and sauteed to perfection.
Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Cook Time 15 minutes mins
Total Time 25 minutes mins
Course Main Course
Cuisine Chinese
Chicken Batter
- 1 lb (450g) Chicken breast, pieces
- 1 tbsp Rice wine or dry sherry
- 2 tbsp Olive oil 1/2 for the batter, 1/2 for frying
- 1 tsp Curry powder mild
- 1 Egg, beaten
- 1 pinch Salt
- 4 oz (100g) Cornflour or cornstarch
Sweet and Sour Sauce
- 1 clove Garlic, crushed
- 1/2 cup Pineapple juice or 3 tbsp sugar
- 2 oz (50g) Tomato ketchup
- 1 tsp Wine vinegar
Optional
- 1 lb cooked rice
- 1 red / green pepper
- 1 cup pineapple chunks
In a bowl, mix the chicken cut into pieces with the rice wine or sherry, half the olive oil, curry powder, egg and a pinch of salt. Add in the cornflour until the chicken is covered with the batter.
In a pan, cook the chicken breasts in the remaining olive oil until browned on all edges. Optionally you can saute some red or green peppers and some pineapple chunks to add to the sauce before serving.
In a saucepan, heat the minced garlic, pineapple juice or sugar, tomato ketchup and wine vinegar, stirring until the simmered sauce becomes dense or the sugar dissolves. Finally bring to boil.
After cooking the sweet and sour sauce, pour it over the chicken pieces and stir well.
Optionally add the peppers and pineapple chunks previously sauteed in the pan and serve with rice, noodles or on its own.
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