Joan's Easy Sweet And Sour Chicken

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 3 -4 lbs chicken parts, cut up
• 1 (24 ounce) can crushed pineapple, reserving 2 tsp. juice
• 4 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 cup low sodium soy sauce
• 1/2 cup cider vinegar
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 3/4 teaspoon black pepper

Recipe

• 1 in a large saucepan, combine all sauce ingredients.
• 2 cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until sauce thickens and bubbles.
• 3 place chicken parts in a baking dish, skin side down (if you are leaving the skin on) or meat side down.
• 4 pour sauce over the chicken in the baking dish and bake in a 400 degree oven for 1 hour, basting several times if needed. after a half an hour, turn the pieces over and let the skin get crisp. if it is in too much liquid, remove chicken to a broiler rack and broil to finish.
• 5 serve with the sauce over the chicken and with rice.