Homemade Restaurant-style Sweet & Sour Chicken

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb whole boneless skinless chicken breast
• 1 cup ketchup
• 1 cup distilled vinegar
• 1 cup flour
• 1 cup water
• 1 tablespoon garlic powder
• 3 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1/2 cup pineapple, chopped
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 3 cups sunflower oil
• 1 cup bell pepper, chopped
• 1/4 cup onion, minced

Recipe

• 1 wash the chicken thoroughly with cold water, then chop into finger sized pieces.
• 2 mix flour and cornstarch well and add a pinch of salt from the tablespoon sized amount, then dredge chicken.
• 3 meanwhile, preheat sunflower oil.
• 4 in a medium-sized saucepan, add vinegar, water, and ketchup and stir with whisk until well blended. bring to a boil.
• 5 after mixture boils, add sugar, salt, garlic powder, pineapple, bell pepper, and onion. (hint: if sauce is coming too thin after 10 minutes on low heat, remove from heat and add teaspoon of cornstarch gradually until thickening begins.).
• 6 add chicken to oil and fry until golden. after chicken is fried, add immediately to sauce mixture on low heat and toss well to coat.
• 7 serve with rice.