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Sweet and Sour Chicken

The sweet and sour sauce serve with rice and fresh vegetables for the perfect dinner!
Course Main Course
Cuisine Chinese
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Servings 6
Calories 335kcal
Author Brittany

Ingredients

For the Chicken

  • 1¼ lbs chicken, cut into bite size pieces
  • 2 large eggs, whisked
  • ½ cup canola-oil
  • ¾ cup corn-starch
  • ¼ tsp pepper
  • ¼ tsp garlic-salt
  • ½ tsp kosher-salt

For the Sweet Sour Sauce

  • ½ cup rice-vinegar
  • ⅓ cup ketchup
  • 1 tbsp soy-sauce
  • 1 tsp garlic salt
  • ¾ cup sugar

Instructions

  • Pre-heat oven to 325°F. Line a rimmed baking-sheet with foil. Put aside.
  • Set the chicken, corn-starch, salt, pepper and garlic-salt in a large ziplock-bag & shake till the chicken is evenly coated.
  • Heat 1/4 cup oil in a large skillet over medium-heat. Dip the chicken into the egg mixture & put in the skillet with a fork.
  • Fry each side of the chicken for approximately two minutes per piece and put chicken on the pan. Eliminate the burnt oil then heating up the remainder of the oil and then complete the chicken.
  • In a medium size bowl, whisk together all the ingredients to the sauce. Then pour the sauce on the chicken and bake for 20minutes.
  • Pull out the chicken and turn the chicken to evenly coat it with sauce. Then bake for another 15-20minutes.
  • Serve with steamed rice and veggies.