Sweet and Sour Chicken with Pineapple and Peppers

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Sweet and Sour Chicken with Pineapple and Peppers

Super Easy Chinese Chicken Recipe - Sweet and Sour Chicken with Pineapple and Peppers.

Prep Time25 mins

Cook Time25 mins

Total Time50 mins

Course: Main Coarse, Main Dish

Cuisine: Chinese

Keyword: chicken

Servings:

Calories: 286kcal

Author: Love Keil

Equipment

Frying Pan or Wok

Ingredients

Beer Batter

3/4 cup all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon Kosher salt or to taste
1 cup beer

Sweet and Sour Sauce

1/4 cup honey
1/3 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 1/2-1 inch pieces
avocado oil for frying
1/2 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 1/2 cup of beer and whisk the batter until smooth. After pour in the rest of 1/2 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 1/2 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: 1/4 cup honey, 1/3 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!

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Notes

The Beer Batter can be prepared ahead of time.
Cut chicken meat into bite size pieces about 1/2 - 1 inch.
Serve Sweet and Sour Chicken immediately after cooking it.
Serve with Rice Noodles or Fluffy Cooked Rice.

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