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Simple Sweet and Sour Chicken
The classic Chinese dish. Cubed chicken is battered, deep-fried and then served with a sweet and sour sauce. Enjoy with freshly cooked rice, if desired.
Ingredients
Serves: 8
- 1/2 (432g) tin pineapple chunks, drained and juice reserved
- 2 green peppers, cut into 2.5cm pieces
- 4 tablespoons cornflour
- 420ml water
- 150g caster sugar
- 125ml distilled malt vinegar
- 2 drops orange food colouring
- 8 skinless chicken breast fillets, cut into 2.5cm cubes
- 275g self-raising flour
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 2 tablespoons cornflour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground white pepper
- 1 egg
- 475ml water
- 1 litre vegetable oil for frying
Method
Prep:30min ›
Cook:20min ›
Ready in:50min
- In a saucepan, combine 350ml water, sugar, vinegar, reserved pineapple juice and orange food colouring. Bring to the boil. Turn off heat. Combine 4 tablespoons cornflour and 4 tablespoons water; slowly stir into saucepan. Continue stirring until mixture thickens.
- Combine flour, 2 tablespoons oil, 2 tablespoons cornflour, salt, white pepper and egg. Add 350ml water gradually to make a thick batter. Stir to blend thoroughly. Add chicken and stir until chicken is well coated.
- Heat oil in frying pan or wok to 180 degrees C. Fry chicken in hot oil until golden. Remove chicken and drain on kitchen towels.
- When ready to serve, layer green peppers, pineapple chunks and cooked chicken on a serving plate. Pour hot sweet and sour sauce over top.
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Reviews & ratings
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Reviews in English (921)
Easy to make and tastes like the genuine article. - 20 Nov 2017
Made this for my family and 2 grandchildren everyone loved it my daughter is keeping recipe children loved the chicken. Had it with rice it was delicious. Instead of food colouring I added a squeeze of tomato purée. Thanks for sharing. - 21 Nov 2016
Gorgeous - just like the take away but without the unnecessary MSG and garlic. Made a few changes; did not add food colouring, and used pork instead. Thanks for sharing x - 11 Aug 2015