Deep-Fried Sweet-and-Sour Chicken Recipe

Ingredients

2 tablespoons cornstarch
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
Oil for cooking
1 (4 pound) cooked chicken, boned, skinned,and meat cut into 1-inch cubes
Sweet-and Sour Sauce
3/4 cup sugar
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 tablespoons dry white wine
3 tablespoons wine vinegar
3 tablespoon catsup
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1/2 cup water

Preparation

Step 1

Combine cornstarch and soy sauce; mix well. Combine salt and eggs in mixing bowl; beat with whisk until light. Stir in cornstarch mixture until just mixed.
Heat oil in deep-fryer to 375 degrees, or until small ball of flour mixed with water dropped into oil floats to top immediately. Dip chicken into egg mixture; drain slightly. Drop chicken, several cubes at a time, into oil. Fry until lightly browned; drain on pepper towels. Place chicken in individual serving dishes.
To make sauce, combine sugar, soy sauce, wine, vinegar and catsup in saucepan; bring to boil. Dissolve cornstarch in water; add to sauce over the chicken.