Easy Sweet And Sour Chicken

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Instructions

 

• Start by making the sweet and sour sauce. In a saucepan add pineapple juice, 3/4 cup water, sugar, tomato ketchup and white vinegar. Whisk all the ingredients together.
• Heat the pan over medium heat until it comes to a boil. Take it off the heat.
• In a small bowl combined 2 tablespoons of cornstarch and 2 tablespoons water,mixing them well. Add the cornstarch mixture into the saucepan and stir it and reheat the sauce until it thickens.
• In a separate bowl, prepare the batter for the chicken. Add self-rising flour, vegetable oil, cornstarch ,salt,pepper and egg into the bowl. Mix well.
• Then add 3/4 cup of water gradually and stir it to form a thick batter. (use 1 egg white instead of 1 whole egg if you prefer a crispier batter)
• Next, cut the chicken thigh fillets into 1 inch cube.
• Add the chicken into the bowl with the batter. Stir the chicken fillets in the batter until they are well coated.
• Heat oil in a skillet or wok. Fry the chicken pieces in the hot oil for about 10 minutes or until golden brown.
• Remove chicken pieces from skillet and drain on paper towels.
• When ready to serve the sweet and sour chicken, slice 1 green and 1 red bell pepper into 1/2 inch pieces.
• Then layer the bell peppers, pineapple slices and cooked chicken on a platter.
• Finally pour the sweet and sour sauce over the chicken. Serve with rice.
• To pack this dish into a lunchbox, layer the bell peppers, pineapple slices and cooked chicken in the lunchbox.
• Put the sweet and sour sauce separately in a small bottle or container. Only pour the sauce into the cooked chicken when ready to eat.
• Serve with rice packed in lunchbox.