Serve this sweet and sour chicken with some Fried Rice, Chow Mein and Egg Rolls for a homemade takeout experience!
A Dish We Love!
This sweet and sour chicken recipe is SUPER easy and delicious and we are ALL about easy Asian dinner recipes, especially on busy weeknights! This version of sweet and sour chicken requires breading and frying, but if you prefer to skip the hot oil bath, we have a great baked version as well! Reasons we love it:
Flavor. It has the best flavor and tastes so much better than Chinese takeout. Quick. It’s on the table in 40 minutes for a delicious weeknight dinner! Easy. You’ll be surprised how simple it is to make at home.
Ingredients
canola oil – or oils with a high smoking point like vegetable oil or peanut oil. Fry with an oil temperature of 350-375°F. cornstarch chicken breasts – or boneless skinless chicken thighs. Partially freeze. Once the chicken is a little more solid use a sharp knife to cut the chicken. large eggs all-purpose flour red bell pepper green bell pepper pineapple chunks – use fresh or frozen chunks, just remember the pineapple juice for the sauce. water pineapple juice vinegar soy sauce – regular or low sodium soy sauce ketchup granulated sugar brown sugar salt
How to Make Sweet and Sour Chicken
Make a Freezer Meal
Make ahead of time. Prepare sweet & sour chicken the day before and keep it covered in the fridge until ready to use. Heat it in a slow cooker, oven, or on the stovetop before serving. Make a freezer meal. With a few adjustments, turn this recipe into a freezer meal. Double or triple the recipe and prepare 2-3 separate meals to have in the freezer. For each meal: Cube the chicken and place it in a freezer Ziploc. Add the water, pineapple juice, vinegar, soy sauce, ketchup, sugars, and salt in a separate Ziploc bag. Chop the bell peppers and place them, along with pineapple chunks, in another Ziploc bag. Place the three bags together in a larger freezer-safe container and freeze for up to 3 months. Thaw the chicken and sauce. Coat and cook the chicken, and prepare the sauce according to the recipe.
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