Food Wanderings : Baked Sweet & Sour Chicken

By jab120638

Ingredients

• For the sauce:
• 3/4 3/4 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 1/2 1/2 cup white vinegar
• 1 1 1 tbsp of balsamic vinegar (for extra tang)
• 5 5 5 tbsp of ketchup
• 1 1 1 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 1 clove 1 large clove of garlic, grated
• to and pepper to taste
• 2 2 2 tsp of cornstarch (used flour since it was what I had on hand)
• For the mixed vegetables:
• 1 of 1 medium onion, cut into chunks
• half of each red, green and yellow bell peppers, cut into chunks
• 1 1 1/2 1 1 1/2 - 1 1/2 cup of pineapple chunks, drained
• For the sauce:
• 3/4 3/4 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 1/2 1/2 cup white vinegar
• 1 1 1 tbsp of balsamic vinegar (for extra tang)
• 5 5 5 tbsp of ketchup
• 1 1 1 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 1 clove 1 large clove of garlic, grated
• to and pepper to taste
• 2 2 2 tsp of cornstarch (used flour since it was what I had on hand)
• For the mixed vegetables:
• 1 of 1 medium onion, cut into chunks
• half of each red, green and yellow bell peppers, cut into chunks
• 1 1 1/2 1 1 1/2 - 1 1/2 cup of pineapple chunks, drained
• For the battered chicken:

Details

Servings 2
Adapted from joansfoodwanderings.blogspot.com

Preparation

Step 1

It does take time (you bake it for 1 hour!!!) and effort to make but believe me, it's totally worth it.

And don't get me started on THAT SAUCE. Good gracious, THAT SAUCE will make you lick your plate and fork CLEAN. It's SO SO good.

Stir all ingredients together for the sauce

for the chicken. I also made extra sauce for the mixed vegetables (1/4 the original amount). I wanted the vegetables with a bit of crunch so I didn't bake them together with the chicken but stir fried them separately with the extra sauce.

For the mixed vegetables:

half of 1 medium onion, cut into chunks

half of each red, green and yellow bell peppers, cut into chunks

Heat a tablespoon of oil in a pan over medium heat. Stir fry the vegetables for about 2 minutes. Then add the pineapple. Add the extra sweet sour sauce and cook for another minute or two until the sauce thickens. Then serve the baked chicken with the vegetables and rice.

grams I think, cut into chunks. Season with salt and pepper. Instead of the cornstarch, I used flour since that was what I had on hand

. I also seasoned the flour with salt and pepper. Coat the chicken first in the flour, then dip it in the egg, then back in the flour. I gave them a quick fry just to get a crisp outer layer before putting them in the dish and pouring the sauce over the nuggets to bake. Halfway through the baking time, I gave them a quick stir, turning the nuggets over to coat them in that beautiful sauce.

FYI: The hubby still thinks that nothing beats my dad's Sweet & Sour Chicken. He told me this after he shamelessly finished 3/4 of the whole dish. He said he was "starving"! And he licked his plate clean. For real.