Simple Way to Make Quick Sweet & Sour Chicken
by Hettie Nguyen
Sweet & Sour Chicken
Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, sweet & sour chicken. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
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To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook sweet & sour chicken using 16 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Sweet & Sour Chicken:
Get 1 large shallot
Prepare 1/4 yellow bell pepper
Take 1/4 red bell pepper
Make ready 4 oz canned pineapple chunks (cut into quarters), reserve 1/4cup juice for sauce
Take 1 boneless skinless chicken breasts (about 1/4-1/2 lb.)
Get 2 tablespoons cooking oil
Take 1 clove garlic, small diced
Prepare 1/2 tsp fresh ground cinnamon
Take Salt and Pepper to taste
Prepare 2 tbsp ketchup
Make ready 1.5 tbsp brown sugar
Get 2 tbsp rice vinegar
Make ready 1 tbsp soy sauce
Make ready 1 tbsp cornstarch
Take 3 chives, chopped
Take 1/2 cup cooked rice
Steps to make Sweet & Sour Chicken:
Preheat the oven to 400ºF. Cut the onion, bell peppers, and chicken breasts into one-inch pieces. Drain the pineapple well, keeping the juice for the sauce. Place the onion, bell pepper, chicken, and pineapple chunks on a large sheet pan in a single layer to prevent the chicken and vegetables from piling on top of each other. They need a little room to brown correctly
Drizzle the cooking oil over the ingredients on the sheet pan, followed by the garlic powder, ground cinnamon, and a pinch or two of salt and pepper. Toss the chicken, bell peppers, onions, and pineapple until they are evenly coated in oil and spices.
Bake the chicken and vegetables in the oven for about 40 minutes, or until they are slightly browned on the edges. Stir halfway through the baking time to redistribute the heat and allow excess moisture to evaporate.
While the chicken and vegetables are baking, prepare the sauce. In a small saucepot whisk together the reserved pineapple juice, ketchup, brown sugar, vinegar, soy sauce, and cornstarch until the cornstarch is fully dissolved. Heat the mixture over medium flame, stirring often, until it begins to simmer. When it begins to simmer the cornstarch will begin to gel and thicken the sauce. Once the sauce has thickened to a glaze, remove it from the heat and set it aside until ready to use.
When the chicken and vegetables have finished baking, remove them from the oven and pour the prepared sauce over top. Stir until everything is coated in sauce.
Serve the sweet and sour chicken over cooked rice with chopped chives sprinkled over top.
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