Chinese Chicken in Sweet and Sour Sauce
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 17
- Serves:
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6-8
ingredients
- 2 stalks celery, sliced
- 2 large carrots, sliced
- 1 large green pepper, cut in strips
- 3⁄4 cup flour
- 2 -3 cloves fresh minced garlic
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ginger
- salt and pepper
- 4 chicken breast fillets
- 1 cup oil
- 1 1⁄2 cups water
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 cup vinegar
- 1 (16 ounce) can tomatoes
- 1 cup water
- 1⁄2 cup cornstarch
- 1⁄8 teaspoon salt
directions
- Cook celery, geen peppers and carrots in a small amount of water in a saucepan, until tender-crisp; drain, set aside.
- Combine flour, minced garlic, egg, ginger, salt and pepper in a bowl; mix well.
- Pound the chicken fillets with a meat mallet.
- Cut into strips.
- Dip the chicken strips into batter; coating well.
- Brown lightly in hot oil, in a large skillet; drain on paper towels.
- In a Dutch oven, bring 1-1/2 cups water to a boil.
- Stir in brown sugar; cook 1 minute.
- Add in vinegar and tomatoes; bring to a boil again.
- Stir in cornstarch and remaining 1 cup water, gradually.
- Cook for 3 minutes, stirring constantly; add chicken, cooked veggies and salt to taste.
- Cook until heated through.
- Serve over cooked rice.
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Reviews
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This was outstanding!! Better sweet and sour sauce then i've ever had in any chinese restaurant gf also agrees! There was just enuff breading for chicken so i will make some more next time (double is too much).. didnt make much changes only added maybe 1-1,5tbsp of soy sauce to give it a little depth(?) or somthing anyway it worked out great! Thank you so much for posting this i luv it!! (i used Muscovado brow sugar, dont know whats the difference with normal)
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I liked this it was very good. Bit of a fuss to make and it makes a LOT. I added more vegies cabage and others and a can of pineapple. Make sure you mix the corn starch in the last cup of water before you put it in. The breading for the chicken was way too thick I added some white wine to thin it out. I only used two chicken breasts there may not have been enough breading for 4.