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    Sweet and Sour Chicken with Pineapple and Peppers

    Dec 31, 2019 · Modified: Jan 28, 2020 by Munchkin Time · This post may contain affiliate links · Leave a Comment

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    Sweet and Sour Chicken with Pineapple and Peppers and delicious Sweet and Sour Sauce. We like to eat this Sweet and Sour Chicken with rice noodles or fluffy cooked rice.

    When YOU make this Sweet and Sour Chicken Recipe, take a picture & DM me your Food Creation on Instagram @MunchkinTimeBlog & I will feature it here under this recipe!

    Sweet and Sour Chicken with Pineapple and Peppers

    Quick Notes

    • The Beer Batter can be prepared ahead of time.
    • Cut chicken meat into bite size pieces about ½ - 1 inch.
    • Serve Sweet and Sour Chicken immediately after cooking it.
    • Serve with Rice Noodles or Fluffy Cauliflower Rice.
    How to Make Beer Batter: Beer batter inside the bowl.

    How to Make Beer Batter:

    To make beer batter, combine flour, baking powder and salt in a mixing bowl.
     
    Then pour in ½ cup of beer and whisk the batter until smooth. After pour in the rest of ½ cup of beer.
     
    Whisk until everything is combined and there are no lumps.
    Chicken piece dusted in flour.

    How to Make Sweet and Sour Chicken:

    To make sweet and sour chicken, using a wok or a frying pan, fill it up halfway with avocado oil or any oil of your choice.

    Preheat the oil over medium/high heat. Working in batches, toss each chicken piece in ½ cup flour.

    Chicken piece coated in beer batter.

    Then coat it in the beer batter, and carefully add chicken to the hot oil.

    Chicken deep frying inside the pan filled with oil.

    Deep fry until golden color and chicken is cooked thru about 3 minutes.

    Crispy chicken pieces cooling on a plate lined with paper towel.

    After chicken is done cooking transfer it to a plate lined with paper towel.

    Oil and red bell pepper added to the big skillet.

    How to Make Sweet and Sour Sauce:

    Using a big skillet or wok, add 1 tablespoon of avocado oil over medium/high heat, add bell pepper and stir fry for 1 minute.
    Sweet and sour sauce added to the skillet.
    Now, add sauce ingredients: ¼ cup honey, ⅓ cup apple cider vinegar, 3 tablespoons pineapple juice, 3 tablespoons ketchup, 3 teaspoons soy sauce and 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce.
    Sweet and sour sauce added to the skillet. The sauce got thick.
    Stir until sauce warms up then stir in 1 tablespoon of corn starch dissoled in 4 tablespoons of water. Cook until sauce thickens about 3 minutes stirring few times.
    Green onion and pineapple juice added to the sweet and sour sauce.

    After, add green onion and pineapple and stir fry for another 1 minute.

    Sweet and Sour Chicken with Pineapple and Peppers is ready to be served.

    Coat chicken in the sauce and turn off the heat. Serve Sweet and Sour Chicken with Pineapple and Peppers with cooked rice or rice noodles. Enjoy!

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    Sweet and Sour Chicken with Pineapple and Peppers is ready to be served.

    Sweet and Sour Chicken with Pineapple and Peppers

    Love Keil
    Super Easy Chinese Chicken Recipe - Sweet and Sour Chicken with Pineapple and Peppers.
    5 from 1 vote
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    Prep Time 25 minutes mins
    Cook Time 25 minutes mins
    Total Time 50 minutes mins
    Course Main Coarse, Main Dish
    Cuisine Chinese
    Servings 4
    Calories 286 kcal

    Equipment

    • Frying Pan or Wok

    Ingredients
      

    Beer Batter

    • ¾ cup all purpose flour
    • 1 teaspoon baking powder
    • ½ teaspoon Kosher salt or to taste
    • 1 cup beer

    Sweet and Sour Sauce

    • ¼ cup honey
    • ⅓ cup apple cider vinegar
    • 3 tablespoons pineapple juice from the can
    • 3 tablespoons ketchup
    • 3 teaspoons soy sauce
    • 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
    • 1 tablespoon cornstarch dissolved in 4 tablespoons of cold water

    Sweet and Sour Chicken

    • 1 lb organic chicken breast or tenders skinless & boneless, cut into ½-1 inch pieces
    • avocado oil for frying
    • ½ cup flour
    • 2 red bell pepper seeded & sliced
    • 6-8 green onion stems chopped into 1 inch slices
    • 8 oz can, chopped pineapple 3 tablespoons of juice reserved for the sauce, the rest is drained

    Instructions
     

    How to Make Beer Batter

    • To make beer batter, combine flour, baking powder and salt in a mixing bowl. Then pour in ½ cup of beer and whisk the batter until smooth. After pour in the rest of ½ cup of beer. Whisk until everything is combined and there are no lumps.

    How to Make Sweet and Sour Chicken

    • To make sweet and sour chicken, using a wok or a frying pan, fill it up halfway with avocado oil or any oil of your choice.
    • Preheat the oil over medium/high heat. Working in batches, toss each chicken piece in ½ cup flour, coat it in the beer batter then carefully add chicken to the hot oil.
    • Deep fry until golden color and chicken is cooked thru about 3 minutes. After chicken is done cooking transfer it to a plate lined with paper towel.

    How to Make Sweet and Sour Sauce

    • Using a big skillet or wok, add 1 tablespoon of avocado oil over medium/high heat, add bell pepper and stir fry for 1 minute.
    • Now, add sauce ingredients: ¼ cup honey, ⅓ cup apple cider vinegar, 3 tablespoons pineapple juice, 3 tablespoons ketchup, 3 teaspoons soy sauce and 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce.
      Stir until sauce warms up then stir in 1 tablespoon of corn starch dissoled in 4 tablespoons of water. Cook until sauce thickens about 3 minutes stirring few times.
    • After, add green onion and pineapple and stir fry for another 1 minute. Coat chicken in the sauce and turn off the heat. Serve with cooked rice or rice noodles. Enjoy!

    Video

    Notes

    • The Beer Batter can be prepared ahead of time. 
    • Cut chicken meat into bite size pieces about ½ - 1 inch.
    • Serve Sweet and Sour Chicken immediately after cooking it.
    • Serve with Rice Noodles or Fluffy Cooked Rice.
    When YOU make this Sweet and Sour Chicken with Pineapple Recipe, take a picture & DM me your Food Creation on Instagram @MunchkinTimeBlog & I will feature it here under this recipe!
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    Nutrition

    Serving: 1gCalories: 286kcalCarbohydrates: 60gProtein: 6gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 667mgPotassium: 381mgFiber: 2gSugar: 24gVitamin A: 1921IUVitamin C: 78mgCalcium: 51mgIron: 2mg
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    Let me know in the comments below, I would love to hear from you!

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    Sweet and sour chicken recipe made by one of the reader.

    "Your sweet and sour chicken was so good! We made it with cauliflower rice." - Karie

    Happy Holidays!

     

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