Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Sweet and Sour Chicken

Brad helped me with dinner last night and I asked him to make the sauce of this sweet and sour chicken recipe while I fried the chicken. Well, Brad can never just follow a recipe, he always has to alter it and try to make it better. He did a pretty good job, we both agreed that it was the best home-made chinese food we have had. When we were cleaning up, Brad asked if I was going to put his new recipe on the family blog. I didn't even think he really knew about this, I guess he is pretty proud of his sweet and sour sauce, so here it is:

2 whole chicken breats - boned, skinned, and cut into 1 inch cubes

BATTER:
1/4 cup cornstarch
1/2 cup flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
3/4 cup cold water

SWEET AND SOUR SAUCE
3/4 cup sugar
3 tbsp. ketchup
2 tbsp. vinegar (rice vinegar is best)
2 tbsp. cornstarch
3/4 cup cold water

and Brad added:
2 tbps. frozen orange juice concentrate
1/2 tsp. lemon juice

Heat oil in electric skillet or frying pan to 375. Put chicken into batter and place in oil. Turn once and cook until golden brown - approcimately 1 minute. Drain grease and place in shallow casserole dish.

Sweet and Sour Sauce: Heat sugar, vinegar, ketchup, orange juice concentrate, and lemon juice until sugar is dissolved. Add conrstarch and water. Cook 5-10 minutes on medium heat. After cooking sauce pour it over chicken and garnish with pineapple chunks and green onions and sesame seeds. Serve over rice.

(we didn't add the pineapple or green onions) ENJOY!

-Janae