Cranberry Sweet and Sour Chicken

Karen From Colorado's Note:

Quick and easy meal when your in a hurry. I know the idea of cranberries and BBQ sauce together does not sound very good but these 2 flavors really do compliment each other in this recipe. I have also used pork when making this dish.

• Total Time: 20 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts , cut into 1/2 inch pieces
• 1 teaspoon cooking oil
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon pepper
• 1 (8 ounce) can pineapple tidbits , liquid drained and reserved
• 1 teaspoon cornstarch
• ½ cup barbecue sauce
• 1 cup whole berry cranberry sauce
• 1 medium green pepper , cut into strips
• rice or chow mein noodles

Directions:

1. Combine pineapple liquid and cornstarch.
2. Stir in sauces and set aside.
3. Heat oil in a large fry pan over high heat.
4. Add chicken, salt, and pepper.
5. Stir-fry until no longer pink.
6. Add peppers and pineapple tidbits.
7. stir fry 2 minutes longer.
8. Stir the cornstarch mixture and add to chicken.
9. Cook and stir constantly, over med heat until thickened.
10. Server over rice or chow mien noodles.

Reviews

[Cher Jewhurst]

Delicious!! I made it for the second time tonight due a request from hubby. We both love it and the recipe makes enough for hubby to re-heat the next day for lunch. Very tasty and a real nice change from your regular sweet and sour. Thanks for the keeper.

[pedspeech]

This was a pretty good version of sweet and sour, especially given the ease of preparation. I increased the cranberry sauce, using almost an entire can. Otherwise made as directed.

[Chef Steelerfanatics girl]

This was definately a quick and easy recipe. I had everything but the green peppers on hand. I wanted to try a different Sweet and Sour Chicken recipe and this one was different. The family all liked this well enough. I may make it again. But it just seemed to be missing something to me. Not quite sure. It seemed to still have a bit of a barbeque sauce taste and smell to it. Maybe next time i'll try to increase the cranberry sauce and maybe lessen the barbeque sauce. But still...in a pinch, this was a good recipe. I gave 4 stars instead of 5 just because it wasn't "excellent" in my opinion. But again, my family did enjoy this. We ate it over white rice and served some teryiakki noodles on the side.