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Sweet and Sour Chicken
Course:
Chicken, Main Meals
Cuisine:
Asian
Calories:
Author:
Terri
Ingredients
3
boneless skinless chicken breasts
cut into 1 inch cubes
4
tsp
soy sauce
low sodium
½
tsp
garlic salt
1
cup
flour
2
eggs
beaten
⅓
cup
vegetable oil
1
large onion
1
green bell pepper
seeded and cut into ¾ inch squares
1
tomato
cut into wedges
1 20
oz
can pineapple chunks in heavy syrup
reserve syrup
For the Sweet and Sour Sauce
½
cup
malt vinegar
½
cup
sugar
¼
cup
orange juice
⅓
cup
reserved pineapple syrup
¼
cup
tomato paste
¼
tsp
salt
1 ½
Tbs
cornstarch
Rice
cook according to package directions
Instructions
Combine chicken, soy sauce and garlic salt in a medium bowl. Mix well.
Add chicken pieces to flour, then to egg mixture, then back to flour until all chicken pieces are well coated.
Heat oil in a wok (or skillet) over medium high heat for 1 minute.
Add chicken pieces to wok and stir-fry for 4-5 minutes, or until browned on all sides.
Remove from wok and set aside.
Drain all but 1 tablespoon of oil from wok.
Add onion and bell pepper to wok and cook for 1 minute.
Return chicken to wok.
Add tomatoes and pineapple, stir-fry for 5 minutes.
Stir in sweet and sour sauce. Cook until sauce is bubbly.
Serve over rice.
Sweet and Sour Sauce
Combine vinegar, sugar, orange juice, pineapple juice, tomato paste and salt to saucepan. Mix well.
Remove ⅓ cup of mixture, add cornstarch, stir well, set aside.
Cook sauce mixture over medium heat until it bubbles.
Add cornstarch mixture to pan and continue cooking over medium heat until sauce has thickened.
Notes
Recipe adapted from
Southern Living, 1985 Annual Recipes
cookbook.