Sweet and Sour Chicken

Sweet and Sour Chicken-Breaded chicken smothered in homemade sweet and sour sauce. You will love being able to make this at home!

I have been in a real dinner funk lately where nothing sounds good to eat. I think we all have that happen to us but mine has lasted for weeks now. I feel like we eat the same type of meals, which are usually quick ones because I don't have much time to spend in the kitchen. Once again, I think we can all relate.

Browsing for recipes this weekend trying to meal plan I saw a couple of different ones for sweet and sour chicken and I was instantly taken back to our first couple of years of marriage when I use to make it for us. This sweet and sour chicken does require more cooking time than most of my other recipes as of lately but that's why I cooked it on the weekend when Jason was home. Having two people to entertain Grayson is definitely easier than one.

I combined a couple different recipes and then placed the chicken under the broiler. Using the broiler really helped to thicken the sauce and that makes it extra delicious. I served outs with white rice and broccoli and we loved it. It was nice to have something different for a change.

Enjoy!

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Sweet and Sour Chicken

Servings: 0

Ingredients

• 1 lb chicken cut into bite size pieces
• ½ tsp kosher salt
• ¼ tsp pepper
• ¼ tsp garlic salt
• ¾ cup corn starch start with ¾ and add more if you don't think you have enough I used 1 cup
• 2 large eggs whisked
• Canola oil approx. ½ cup

Sweet and sour sauce

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 tsp garlic salt
• ⅓ cup ketchup
• ½ cup + 1 TB rice vinegar (distilled vinegar works if thats all you have
• 1 TB soy sauce

Instructions

• Spray a 9x13 pan with non-stick cooking spray.
• Set aside.
• Place the chicken, corn starch, salt, pepper and garlic salt in a large ziplock bag and shake until the chicken is evenly coated.
• Heat oil in a large frying pan over medium heat.
• Dip the chicken in the egg mixture and place in the frying pan with a fork.
• Don't crowd your pan.
• Fry both sides of the chicken until light brown color.
• Pre-heat oven to 325°F.
• In a medium size bowl whisk together all of the ingredients for the sauce.
• Pour the sauce over the chicken and bake for 20 minutes.
• Pull the chicken out and flip the chicken to evenly coat it with sauce.
• Then bake for an additional 15-20 minutes.
• Place under broiler for 30 seconds to 1 minute, if you wish.

Notes

Our broiler is a top broiler in the oven so I broiled my chicken longer but it wasn't directly under the broiler so I didn't have to worry about it burning so easily.

If you enjoyed this recipe then you will like this walnut chicken and asian chicken wings too.