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Sweet and Sour Chicken

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This recipe involves lightly pan frying instead of creating a thick batter and deep frying, like what most recipes call for.

Ingredients

  • 3 pieces Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts
  • ½ cups Rice Flour
  • 1 cup Cornstarch
  • ⅓ cups Canola Oil
  • _____
  • Sauce:
  • ⅓ cups Pineapple Juice
  • ⅓ cups Ketchup
  • ¼ cups Brown Sugar
  • ⅓ cups White Vinegar
  • _____
  • 1 cup Pineapple Chunks
  • 1 cup Onion, Cubed
  • ½ cups Red Bell Pepper, Cubed
  • ½ cups Green Bell Pepper

Preparation

The first thing you do is wash and pat the chicken breasts dry. Next, cut the chicken into cubes and put on a plate.

In a large freezer bag, add the rice flour and cornstarch and coat the chicken well.

Add the canola oil to a large saute pan and allow it to get hot. Add the chicken in batches, shaking off the excess cornstarch mixture.

Allow the pieces of chicken to cook, untouched for about 3-4 minutes before turning. Repeat this process until all of the chicken is cooked. Set the chicken aside.

In a mixing bowl, combine the pineapple juice, ketchup, brown sugar, and vinegar and whisk all of the ingredients together. Cook in a pan on medium heat and stir occasionally. This should cook for about 12-15 minutes.

While the sauce is cooking, cut your onion and peppers into large cubes; saute in a hot pan with the pineapple chunks.

Add the chicken to this mixture after cooking down the veggies for a few minutes. Lastly, add the sauce and combine well. I served this with steamed edamame and short-grain brown rice.

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Jessica Ackerman on 12.17.2010

Made this recipe last night. My husband raved about it! One guest we had over said it was, “heaven in my mouth”.

Needless to say it was a winner! Leftovers today for lunch= a great day!

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meganpw on 11.3.2010

I have tried so many sweet and sour recipes, and this is the best I have found. It’s my go to, and my searching is over!

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ianikole on 11.4.2009

I made this tonight and it was delicious. My husband loved it, too, so that was a bonus. I had a bag of frozen stir fry veggies in the freezer, so I used that instead of the peppers and onions. I also put a dash of soy sauce in the sauce. This recipe is definitely a keeper!

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emilyh on 9.22.2009

This was fantastic! It was quite easy to make with impressive results. Yum!

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Frank on 9.16.2009

I gave this 5 Mitts. Very tasty recipe.

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ambrosefamily on 2.9.2012

This was really good! My husband and sons rated this better than any of the other sweet and sour chicken recipes that I have tried from this site (I have tried a few)! The only change I made was to double the sauce, I’m glad that I did and to add pineapple marmalade and homemade (soy and gluten free) soy sauce to the sauce. My daughter is soy, gluten and dairy free so it was nice to find a meal that we could all share together with great flavor! That fact alone made it even better when my husband said it was better than the other ones we had tried, the ones using white flour!

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Tried-N-True on 1.24.2011

This was a REALLY good sweet N sour recipe. 4.5 MITTS!

I did not have rice flour, so I had to use all purpose instead and it turned out just fine. The sauce makes plenty, as I used 4 chicken breasts instead of 3, and still had plenty of sauce. I also used one whole red and green bell pepper, which I thought was necessary since I added an additional chicken breast.

The second time I made it I marinated my chicken cubes in a little garlic, ginger, soy sauce, brown sugar mixture for about 30 minutes, which brought the “missing piece” flavor I was looking for.

Thank you for this great recipe!

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rainydays on 1.22.2011

I’d give this 4.5 mitts if I could. It’s a good recipe, but somehow missing a little ‘something’ to take it to excellent. We all enjoyed it and I will make it again with the addition of soy sauce in the sauce. Maybe that will be the missing touch. I do recommend actually using less flour (I used all purpose instead of rice flour) and less cornstarch. There was a lot of waste of that, really needed only half the flour and cornstarch. The amount of sauce actually was perfect, and did not need to add cornstarch to it, just cooked it about 15- 20 minutes and it was the perfect thickness.

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Jessica Ackerman on 12.17.2010

Amazing…the only thing I changed is that I doubled the recipe. I served it with white rice. Great meal!

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alicia on 10.20.2010

I’ve made this about 4 times now… always delicious. I don’t have rice flour, so I have used regular flour or cornstarch. I don’t even bother to order this at a restaurant anymore, since I know I can make a great version. thanks! :)

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