Baked Sweet and Sour Chicken

By dette

I have a DELICIOUS recipe for you all! I am so excited to share this one. I found this on Mels Kitchen Cafe about a year ago. My family and I LOVE this dish! It has such a great flavor. You could probably trick your family into thinking you picked up some yummy Chinese food at a gourmet restaurant… It is that good, I promise!

I found the Fried Rice recipe on a website (don’t remember which one) but added my own little twist to it. I made this last night for dinner and I think we all ate it up within 10 minutes! It’s soooo good. I hope you give it a try soon :)

Ingredients

• The chicken coating:
• 3-4 boneless chicken breasts
• salt + pepper
• 1 cup cornstarch
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1/4 cup canola oil
• The sweet and sour sauce:
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 4 tbs ketchup
• 1/2 cup distilled white vinegar
• 1 tbs soy sauce
• 1 tsp garlic salt
• Fried Rice
• 3 cups cooked white rice (day old or leftover rice works best!)
• 3 Tablespoons sesame oil (or vegetable oil)
• 1 cup frozen peas and carrots (thawed)
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 2 teaspoons minced garlic
• 2 eggs, slightly beaten
• 3-4 Tablespoons soy sauce

Preparation

Step 1

Start by preheating your oven to 325 degrees. Rinse your chicken breasts in water and then cut into cubes. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Dip chicken into the cornstarch to coat then dip into the eggs. Heat your 1/4 cup oil in a large skillet and cook your chicken until browned but not cooked through. Place the chicken in a 9×13 greased baking dish. Mix all of your sweet and sour sauce ingredients in a bowl with a whisk and then pour evenly over the chicken. Bake for one hour and during the baking process you will need to turn the chicken every 15 minutes.

On medium high heat, heat the oil in a large skillet or wok. Add the peas/carrots mix, onion and garlic. Stir fry until tender. Lower the heat to medium low and push the mixture off to one side, then pour your eggs on the other side of skillet and stir fry until scrambled. Now add the rice and soy sauce and blend all together well. Stir fry until thoroughly heated!