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Sweet and Sour Chicken
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Sweet and Sour Chicken

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Sweet and Sour Chicken....Since my husband and I love Chinese food, I have often tried to duplicate some dishes at home. Sweet and sour chicken or orange chicken is always a favorite So when we crave it, I make this BIG batch that I freeze in batches.The chicken pieces crisps up very nicely in the toaster oven. I often make my own sauce adding orpange peel. But, when I don't have the time I just use a store bought duck sauce. ...like I did in this recipe.

"Mr. Picky Pants loved it! It went together well, I cheated and used good ole sweet and sour sauce. My old neighborhood had a larger Asian demographic, so ingredients were tuff to find, but still turned out great, and unlike packaged frozen food, looked just like the picture! ; D


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- Buffy1313

Cuisine: ChineseMain Ingredient: Chicken

(4.6, 21) 86% would make again (reviews)

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Ingredients

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Servings          
Original recipe makes 12
8 half chicken breasts
2 1/4 cupFlour
1/2 tspSalt
1 tsppepper; (or more)
1/2 tspSalt
1 1/2 tspbaking powder
2 tbspoil
2 tbspcornstarch
1 egg
2 cupsWater
2 tsponion powder; (optional)
oil; for frying

Sweet and Sour Chicken Preparation

Cut up chicken in bite size pieces.Season with pepper, 1/2(or so) tsp salt and 1 tsp onion powder.In a large bowl, combine flour, 1/2 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp pepper, 1 tsp onion powder, baking powder, and cornstarch. Mix oil, egg and water. Incorporate the dry with the wet ingredients to make like a pancake batter. Pour batter over cut up chicken and mix to coat all pieces.Heat oil to about 350. Using a fork, pick up chicken piece9covered in batter) and scrape the excess batter off using the edge of the bowl. Place in hot oil and deep fry until golden. Do not overcrowd.Drain on paper towels.You can use the chicken then or let cool and place in small bags and freeze. If using later from freezer,defrost in the toaster oven at 45o. till nice and crispy.

Vegetables and sauce:

1 bell pepper, diced, any color or a mix

1/2 onion , diced

2-3 garlic cloves sliced or minced

2-3 bunches green onion , cut up in 2 inch pieces

1-2 tsp sesame seeds

2 tsp olive oil

1/3-1/2 cup duck sauce

8- 10 chicken pieces

In a large skillet, heat oil till hot. Add peppers and onion.Stir fry for 1-2 minutes...not too long, you still want them to be crisp. Add garlic and stir fry for 30 seconds. Add about 1/2 cup sauce(or more depending how much chicken you add). Cook till hot about 30 seconds or so. Add crispy chicken and mix to coat with sauce. Add green onion.Take off heat. Sprinkle with sesame seeds.

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  • Sweet and Sour chicken photo by ellie36 ellie36

  • Mixing the batter with the Chicken pieces photo by ellie36 ellie36

  • Fried Chicken Pieces photo by ellie36 ellie36

  • Chicken Pieces photo by ellie36 ellie36

  • Vegetables and Sauce photo by ellie36 ellie36

  • Sweet and Sour Chicken photo by ellie36 ellie36

Calories Per Serving: 227
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Sweet and Sour Chicken Reviews

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My kids favorite. Didn't get to the point of making anything else except the batter & frying the chicken; they loved it just like that. I really liked it too.
4 days, 14 hours, 43 minutes ago
2 weeks, 8 hours, 49 minutes ago
AMAZING!!!! I too added some orange rind and little squeeze, was the best thing ever!! Making this again very soon. From NewZealand :)
2 weeks, 3 days, 14 hours, 18 minutes ago
3 weeks, 5 days, 21 hours, 19 minutes ago
I couldn't find duck sauce, so I just used sweet and sour sauce from the store. The only complaint I have, is that the chicken was a bit too crunchy for my liking. I'll try it again and see what happens. Very good recipe, though!
1 months, 2 hours, 1 minutes ago
2 months, 3 weeks, 6 days, 15 hours, 2 minutes ago
Excellent w/o any sauce. My kids ate them as fast as they came out of the pan. I will be making my own chicken nuggets from now on, with this recipe.
6 months, 1 weeks, 6 days, 16 hours, 22 minutes ago
6 months, 3 weeks, 16 hours, 17 minutes ago
We really enjoyed this dish. I couldn't find duck sauce so I sautéed bell pepper, onion and garlic and then added already prepared orange sauce. The battered chicken recipe was perfect and the pieces of chicken expanded wonderfully
8 months, 21 hours, 23 minutes ago
8 months, 2 days, 18 hours, 52 minutes ago
it may b a long process, but god bless this, i love it:)
8 months, 4 days, 23 hours, 38 minutes ago
Ive already made this delicious dish 2 weekends in a row.. Its soo good
8 months, 1 weeks, 5 days, 18 hours, 22 minutes ago
Mr. Picky Pants loved it! It went together well, I cheated and used good ole sweet and sour sauce. My old neighborhood had a larger Asian demographic, so ingredients were tuff to find, but still turned out great, and unlike packaged frozen food, looked just like the picture! ; D
10 months, 1 weeks, 3 days, 17 hours, 14 minutes ago
Thank you for the recipe! I've just done it a few hours ago and I loved it =DDD
1 years, 4 months, 3 weeks, 4 days, 6 hours, 6 minutes ago
Tastes ok, but didnt try the sauce. Just used sweet and sour sauce- may be better with sauce.
1 years, 10 months, 1 weeks, 4 days, 6 hours, 58 minutes ago
Really easy and we loved it!
1 years, 11 months, 5 days, 12 hours, 34 minutes ago
Tasted good and easy to make.
1 years, 11 months, 1 weeks, 6 days, 20 hours, 2 minutes ago
Really easy, the whole family loved it
2 years, 2 weeks, 5 days, 4 hours, 4 minutes ago
great recipe thanks so much for sharing, CCheryl
2 years, 3 months, 2 weeks, 4 days, 5 hours, 19 minutes ago
My husband says it's just like the restaurant! I used duck sauce and added orange zest and a splash of lemon juice to it.
2 years, 10 months, 2 hours, 31 minutes ago

Tags

  1. Spicy
  2. Sweet
  3. Lunch
  4. Dinner
  5. Chicken
  6. Chinese

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