Chicken with Sweet and Sour Sauce. Best and easiest sweet and sour chicken I have tried on this site! I made a few changes out of neccesity using a can of cubed pineapple with about half of the syrup and snow peas instead of the celery and gr. peppers. Tonight I will make again using the exact recipe!
Beat the eggs and place in a separate bowl. This one skillet Sweet and Sour Chicken Recipe brings crunchy pan fried chicken together with sweet bell peppers and pineapple in a lightly sweetened sauce. It is a family favorite and comes together in about thirty minutes. You can have Chicken with Sweet and Sour Sauce using 8 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Chicken with Sweet and Sour Sauce
- You need of chicken.
- It's of broccoli sprouts.
- It's of soy sauce *.
- It's of vinegar *.
- Prepare of sugar *.
- It's of garlic *.
- You need of salt.
- It's of sake or white wine.
In a large non-stick skillet, heat oil over medium high heat. Season chicken strips and add to pan. Brown chicken and remove to plate. Add bell peppers and sauté with chicken until beginning to soften.
Chicken with Sweet and Sour Sauce step by step
- Prepare the chicken by slicing it into pieces of even thickness, about 1cm thick is best. (it's important to make slices as it will make rolling easier later). Then season lightly with salt and sake (or white wine)..
- Cut off the seed part of the sprouts (Using other vegetables is fine too, such as onions and carrots), put them along one edge of chicken then roll up from the edge tightly. Wrap each piece tightly in microwave safe plastic film..
- Put the chicken into a microwave safe container with the lid lightly on. Heat for about 5min on 600W (adjust time accordinly if lower or higher power)..
- While the chicken is cooking, prepare the sauce. Add all the * ingredients into a small pot, bring to the boil then leave to cool. When the chicken is cooked, remove the film - it's very hot so be careful not to burn your fingers! - next pour the sauce on the chicken..
- Leave to marinate for about a half day, turning the chicken occasionally to ensure even marinating. When you serve, slice the chicken into about 2 cm pieces. It is yummy to eat with sliced onion. Place the sliced chicken on sliced onion and cover with the rest of the sauce. Done!.
Meanwhile, whisk together apple cider vinegar, soy sauce, honey, ketchup. The sweet and sour sauce is truly like what you get at good Chinese restaurants, but not tooth-achingly sweet. This is not a deep fried version of Sweet and Sour Chicken, it's a much healthier stir fry. Make this using whatever veggies you have, switch up the chicken with prawns/shrimp, pork, beef or even fish. Pan fried chicken cubes served with a sweet and sour sauce.