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Sweet and Sour Chicken
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Brief Description
Pan-fried chicken served over rice and covered with a fresh sweet and sour sauce.
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Main Ingredient
chicken
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Category: Poultry
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Cuisine: American
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Prep Time: 20 min(s)
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Cook Time: 20 min(s)
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Recipe Type: Public
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Notes:
This would be tasty with a splash of orange juice added to the sauce as well. If you have maraschino cherries, you could replace the sugar with cherry juice and throw in a couple of the cherries, too.
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Posted By: dealsofsweetness
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Posted On: May 13, 2014
Number of Servings:
Ingredients:
- 1 - large can of crushed pineapple
- 1/4 cups - cornstarch
- 1 3/4 cups - water
- 1/2 cups - sugar
- 1/2 cups - white vinegar
- 2 drops - red food coloring
- 4 - pre-cooked chicken breasts~ cut into bite sized chunks
- 2 1/4 cups - flour
- 2 tablespoons - olive oil
- 2 tablespoons - cornstarch
- 1/2 teaspoons - salt
- 1/4 teaspoons - pepper
- 1 - egg
- 1 - green pepper~ cut into chunks
- 1 1/2 cups - water
Directions:
In a saucepan, combine the pineapple, green pepper, 1 & 1/2 cups of the water, vinegar, sugar, and red food coloring.Heat to boiling. Remove from heat, combine the 1/4 cup of water and 1/4 cup of cornstarch. Slowly stir into saucepan. Continue to stir until the sauce thickens.
In a medium bowl, combine the flour, oil, cornstarch, salt, pepper, and egg.gradually add the 1 1/2 cups of water to mixture; mix thoroughly. Add chicken chunks, making sure chicken is well coated.
Fry chicken pieces for about 10 minutes or until golden. Drain on paper towels or a brown bag.
Serve on top of white rice and cover with the warm sauce.
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