Sweet and sour chicken recipe with pineapple and vegetables

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Make sweet and sour chicken at home like that of Chinese-American food places from the comfort of your home by following the steps in this recipe

This recipe is a traditional dish in Chinese-American cuisine; It consists of battered and fried chicken strips served with sweet and sour sauce. It is usually accompanied with pineapple, cherry, and green pepper, although depending on the area where it is prepared it is also served with pork.

Preparation: 10 min | Cooking: 35 min | Total: 45 minutes

Serving: 4 servings | Difficulty: easy

Sweet and sour chicken nutritional information

Each serving based on a 2,000-calorie diet contains:

Energy 224 calories
Fat 6.12 grams
Carbs 28.3 grams
Protein 15.35 grams

Necessary utensils:

bowl, pan, pot

Easy and simple sweet and sour chicken recipe

Ingredients

To stew sweet and sour chicken you need the following:

1 breast boiled and cut into cubes
3 boiled carrots in sticks
boiled broccoli
½ onion
1 finely chopped garlic
Cooked rice

For the sweet and sour sauce

200 milliliters of chicken broth
20 grams of sugar
20 grams of honey
15 grams of cornstarch
50 milliliters of orange juice
juice of 2 lemons
15 milliliters of soy sauce
60 grams of tomato sauce
30 milliliters of apple cider vinegar
125 milliliters of pineapple juice
1 orange sliced
5 pineapple slices

Step by step to prepare and cook sweet and sour chicken

Step 1

Dissolve the cornstarch in the chicken broth until there are no lumps.

Step 2

Add the rest of the ingredients and incorporate well.

Step 3

Tan the pineapple and orange in a pan.

For the chicken

Step 1

Fry the chicken pieces for 8 minutes. Reserve.

Step 2

In the same pot fry onion and garlic. Add the chicken pieces and cook until needed. Reserve.

Step 3

Heat the sweet and sour sauce in a pan for 7 minutes.

Step 4

Add the chicken and vegetables. Cook for 3 more minutes.

Step 5

Serve and accompany with rice.

Gastronomic tip

Coat the chicken in an orly batter before frying. Just mix 200 milliliters of water, 200 grams of flour, 1 splash of olive oil, and 16 grams of baking powder.