Sweet & Sour Chicken

Submitted by wildchild905

"My sister's favorite dish... she's a sucker for savory Asian food."

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 (20 ounce) can pineapple chunks
• 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 1 teaspoon oil
• 2 carrots, sliced
• 1 bell pepper, chunked
• 1 onion, chunked
• 1⁄2 cup ketchup
• 1⁄3 cup brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon ginger
• 1 garlic clove, pressed
• salt and pepper
• hot cooked rice

directions

1. Drain pineapple, reserve the juice.
2. Cut chicken into bite size pieces and season with salt and pepper.
3. In a large skillet, brown chicken in oil.
4. reduce heat and add vegetables, cover and simmer for 5 minutes.
5. Combine reserved pineapple juice, ketchup, brown sugar, cornstarch, soy sauce, ginger and garlic in a small bowl until blended.
6. Stir into the skillet.
7. Cover and simmer until vegetables are tender and sauce is thickened, about 10 minutes.
8. Stir in pineapple and heat through.
9. Serve with rice.

Reviews

[RPJS002hsif]

We liked this would probably use less ginger nex time

 

[Miss Tinkerbell]

This was so simple to make, and tastes just as good as take-out sweet and sour chicken. Thank you for a great recipe!

 

[Barb in WNY]

I loved this recipe. it was easy, fairly quick, did I mention delicious.

 

[Patchwork Dragon]

This was very good, have put some in the freezer so I'll edit this when I find out whether it comes out OK afterwards. Edited to say....it freezes very well indeed!

 

[cpss6837]

lovely!! just like in resto near my house :)