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Sweet and Sour Chicken Recipe
How To Make Sweet and Sour Chicken
Serve this delicious crispy chicken with sweet and sour sauce, and grated cucumber at your next get together.
- Total Cook Time 30 mins
- Prep Time 10 mins
- Cook Time 20 mins
- Recipe Servings4
- Intermediate
Ingredients of Sweet and Sour Chicken
- 1/2 kg boneless chicken, cut into 1 1/2 inch cubes
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 2 Tbsp rum
- 1 tsp red chilli sauce
- 1 Tbsp chopped spring onions
- 2 tsp garlic paste
- 2 egg whites
- 4 Tbsp corn flour
- Oil for deep frying
- Sweet and Sour Sauce :
- 1 Tbsp sesame oil
- 3 Tbsp spring onions cut into 1
- 2 chopped garlic
- 1 dried red chilli
- 1 capsicum
- 3 Tbsp vinegar
- 2 Tbsp sugar
- 2 Tbsp tomato ketchup
- 1 Tbsp soya sauce
- 250 ml chicken stock
- 2 tsp corn flour dissolved in 1 tbsp water
- 3 Tbsp chunked pineapple
- 3 Tbsp peeled, grated cucumber
How to Make Sweet and Sour Chicken
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Combine chicken with marinade ingredients. Set aside for 2-3 hours.
2.
Deep fry in hot oil until chicken is tender.
3.
Drain and keep warm while preparing the sauce.
For the Sauce:
1.
Heat sesame oil. Stir-fry spring onions, garlic and chilli for 1 minute.
2.
Add capsicum and cook for 1/2 a minute.
3.
Stir in vinegar, sugar, sauces and chicken stock.
4.
Season and thicken with a little corn flour. Cook for 2 minutes.
5.
Add pineapple to the sauce with cooked chicken.
6.
Reheat. Serve with grated cucumber.