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How to make sweet and sour chicken

another one that I must say is one of my favorites. Sweet and sour chicken with sweet bell peppers mixed in to give this recipe an extra boost of flavor! Not that it needs it but enough of the small talk let me show you how to make sweet and sour chicken.
sweet and sour chicken
Calories 1385

Ingredients  

  • 1 Pound Chicken breast Cut the chicken into bite-size pieces
  • 1 Large Egg
  • 1/2 Tsp Salt
  • 1/2 Tsp Pepper
  • 1/2 Tsp Garlic powder
  • 1/2 Red bell pepper Cut into bite-size
  • 1/2 Green bell pepper Cut into bite-size
  • 1 1/2 Cup Self-rising flour
  • 1 Cup Vegetable Oil
  • 1 Cup Water
  • 1 Tsp Baking powder

Sweet and sour sauce

  • 1 Cup Sugar
  • 1 Tbsp Cornstarch
  • 1 1/4 Cup Ketchup
  • 1 Tsp Soy sauce
  • 1 Cup White Vinegar

Instructions

  • Cut your chicken into bite-size
  • Cut your bell peppers into bite-size pieces
  • Place your chicken in a bowl and season the chicken with salt, garlic powder, and pepper
  • Sit your chicken to the side
  • In a bowl add in your ketchup, water, sugar, soy sauce, cornstarch. Mix all those ingredients together.
  • In another bowl add in your flour, cornstarch, eggs, soy sauce, and water. Next, mix those ingredients together
  • In a pan preheat your vegetable oil to 350 degrees
  • Grab the chicken that you sat to the side
  • Use your tongs to dip the chicken into the batter then gently place into the hot grease
  • Cook chicken until the temperature has reached 170 degrees inside

Sweet and sour sauce

  • In a bowl add in your ketchup, water, sugar, soy sauce, cornstarch. Mix all those ingredients together
  • Place 1 tsp of vegetable oil in the pan on medium-low
  • Add in your bite-size red and yellow peppers
  • Cook the peppers for about 3 to 4 minutes.
  • Add in your sweet and sour sauce and allow to cook for 4 to 6 minutes
  • Stir the ingredients
  • Add in your chicken and stir for 8 minutes
  • Serve and enjoy
Course Main Course
Cuisine Chinese