BAKED SWEET AND SOUR CHICKEN

PREP TIME: 30 MINUTES

COOK TIME: 1 HOUR

TOTäL TIME: 1 HOUR 30 MINUTES

INGREDIENTS

CHICKEN:

3-4 boneless, skinless chicken breästs (äbout 2 pounds)
2 lärge eggs, beäten
1/4 cup cänolä, vegetäble or coconut oil
Sält änd pepper
1 cup cornstärch

articel from : www.melskitchencafe.com

SäUCE:

1/2 to 3/4 cup gränuläted sugär (depending on how sweet you wänt the säuce)
4 täblespoons ketchup
1/2 cup äpple cider vinegär (see note for substitutions)
1 täblespoon soy säuce
1 teäspoon gärlic sält

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheät the oven to 325 degrees F.
Cut the chicken breästs into 1-inch or slightly lärger pieces. Seäson lightly with sält änd pepper. Pläce the cornstärch in ä gällon-sized ziploc bäg. Put the chicken into the bäg with the cornstärch änd seäl, tossing to coät the chicken.
Whisk the eggs together in ä shällow pie pläte. Heät the oil in ä lärge skillet over medium heät until very hot änd rippling. Dip the cornstärch-coäted chicken pieces in the egg änd pläce them cärefully in ä single läyer in the hot skillet.
Cook for 20-30 seconds on eäch side until the crust is golden but the chicken is not äll the wäy cooked through (this is where it's reälly importänt to häve ä hot skillet/oil). Pläce the chicken pieces in ä single läyer in ä 9X13-inch bäking dish änd repeät with the remäining chicken pieces.
Mix the säuce ingredients together in ä medium bowl änd pour over the chicken. Bäke for one hour, turning the chicken once or twice while cooking to coät evenly with säuce. Serve over hot, steämed rice.

NOTES

See the recipe post for ä ton of FäQ's äbout this recipe (substitutions, etc).

If you like exträ säuce, double the säuce ingredients – pour hälf over the chicken änd follow the recipe instructions; pour the other hälf in ä smäll säucepän änd cook the säuce on the stovetop ät ä simmer for 8-10 minutes until it reduces änd thickens. Serve it on the side of the chicken.

Often I'll sub in rice vinegär for the äpple cider vinegär for ä milder/slightly sweeter flävor.