Sweet & sour chicken with veggies
By
deb baldwin
@messinthekitchen
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Good sweet and sour chicken recipe that I tweaked for our taste.
Serve over rice.
Sweet and Sour chicken with a healthier approach
Serve over rice.
Sweet and Sour chicken with a healthier approach
Ingredients
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1 or 2chicken breast, boneless, skinless
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·garlic powder
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·olive oil and sesame oil, if on hand
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VEGGIES
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6 to 8small sweet peppers
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1 smallonion
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1 largecarrot, peeled and sliced thin
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1 can(s)pineapple, chunks (drained & save juice)
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SWEET & SOUR SAUCE
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·juice from the1 can of pineapple juice
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1 tspminced garlic
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1 tspginger, paste
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5 ozapple juice (small juice can)
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1/4 cketchup
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1/4 cvinegar, apple cider or white
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1/4 cbrown sugar
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2 tspsoy sauce
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1 1/2 Tbspcorn starch (mixed with a little water)
How to Make Sweet & sour chicken with veggies
- Cut up chicken into bite size pieces.
Put enough olive oil and sesame oil (opt) to coat bottom of fry pan and add chicken pieces. Sprinkle with garlic powder, and cook the chicken over medium heat,till almost done. - While chicken is cooking, gather ingredients for the sauce. Cut up sweet peppers, onion, carrot.
- Sauce: Add to a medium bowl the ingredients for the sauce..stir after each ingredient.
Pineapple juice, minced garlic, ginger, apple juice, ketchup, vinegar, brown sugar and soy sauce.
Save the corn starch for last. - Add chopped veggies to chicken and add the drained pineapple. Stir until mixed. Cook slightly.
- Add the sauce, cover and simmer for 20 minutes.
Make your rice now, and it will be ready for dinner. - Take a small cup and add the cornstarch with 1/3 water. Add cornstarch mixture to simmering chicken, veggies and sauce in pan and stir until thickened.
- Serve with jasmine rice.
