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Several step-by-step recipes for cooking Chinese chicken in sweet and sour sauce with photos and videos. What to serve the dish with and how to choose chicken meat?

45 min

225.5 kcal

5/5 (4)

After visiting a Chinese restaurant, I wanted to cook something just as delicious as tender and flavorful chicken at home.
Moreover, such an exotic dish as chicken in sweet and sour sauce Chinese style, easy to prepare. The main thing is to know how to cook it correctly, and what ingredients of the sweet and sour sauce will give this dish a truly unforgettable taste.

Chicken in sweet and sour sauce with pineapples

When choosing meat for cooking, give preference to chicken fillet. But chicken breast is also perfect for cooking in sweet and sour sauce; in this case, first separate the meat from the bone.

Kitchen appliances and utensils: Cutting board, knife, deep bowl, deep frying pan or wok, grater, measuring cup.

Ingredients

How to choose quality chicken meat?

There are a number of conditions that you need to pay attention to.

• When choosing chicken meat on the store counter, give preference chilled carcasses, not frozen.
• If you buy meat in packaging from the manufacturer, and not by weight, pay attention to the shelf life, it should not exceed 5 days. If the period is longer, the use of preservatives is likely.
• Pay attention to the chicken meat– be it fillet, breast or legs, the meat should be elastic, without traces of blood or defects.
• Choose breast or fillet small size, chicken parts that are too large may indicate that the chicken has been fed hormones.
• Color and smell– also important indicators of meat freshness. The chicken fillet should be a uniform light pink color and the smell should be natural and fresh.

Cooking process

1. Wash the fillet and cut into small pieces. Place the chicken pieces in a deep bowl and pour in soy sauce. It takes about 30 minutes to marinate.
   
2. Meanwhile, prepare the sweet and sour sauce. Cut tomatoes and bell peppers into small cubes.
   
3. Peel and grate the ginger on a fine grater.
   
4. Heat the frying pan and add a little vegetable oil if necessary. Fry the chopped peppers, add tomatoes to it. Fry for a few minutes.
   
5. Add grated ginger and pineapple pieces. Don't be afraid, it won't be too sweet.
   
6. After 3-4 minutes, add some pineapple juice to the pan. Add ketchup, apple cider vinegar and a few tablespoons of soy sauce there.
   
7. Dissolve the starch in a small amount of warm water and add to the sauce in the frying pan. When the sauce thickens, remove from heat and set aside.
   
8. Let's get back to the chicken. In the bowl where the chicken is marinated in soy sauce, add a tablespoon of starch and the same amount of flour. Mix well and fry the chicken fillet in this batter for about 10 minutes.
   
9. The finished chicken should be added to the sauce and simmered for another 5 minutes so that the chicken is soaked in the delicious sweet and sour sauce.
   

This recipe can be slightly modified and cooked chicken in sweet and sour sauce with vegetables. At the first stage of preparing the sauce, add diced carrots and onions. This will add even more flavor to your chicken dish.

Chicken legs in sweet and sour sauce

The same sweet and sour sauce is also good with chicken wings.

• Cooking time: 30 min.
• Servings: 2.
• Kitchen appliances and utensils: frying pan, spatula, spoon, measuring cup.

Ingredients

• Chicken legs or wings– 500 g.
• Dry red wine– 100 ml.

• Soy sauce– 100 ml.
• Honey– 50 ml.
• Ketchup or tomato paste- 50 g.

Cooking process

What do you serve chicken with?

In Chinese cuisine, chicken is served in sweet and sour sauce. for rice. This simple side dish goes great with chicken and makes your lunch or dinner filling. You can also serve chicken with Chinese noodles or udon noodles. A suitable drink would be young white wine, for example Riesling.


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