Easy Sweet And Sour Sauce For Chicken Or Pork Food

EASY SWEET AND SOUR CHICKEN

Steps:

• Combine flour, garlic powder, salt, and black pepper in a shallow dish.
• Roll and coat chicken cubes in flour mixture.
• Heat 2 tablespoons vegetable oil in a skillet over medium-high heat.
• Cook and stir chicken in hot oil until not longer pink in the center and juices run clear, 8 to 10 minutes; remove and set aside.
• Heat 1 tablespoon vegetable oil in the same skillet over medium heat.
• Cook and stir celery, green peppers, and onion in heated oil until slightly tender, about 5 minutes.
• Return chicken to the skillet.
• Whisk ketchup, lemon juice, pineapple, and brown sugar in a bowl; pour into the skillet; bring to a boil.
• Cook and stir chicken and vegetables in sauce until heated through, 2 to 3 minutes.

QUICK HOMEMADE SWEET-AND-SOUR PORK

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the brown sugar, vinegar, ketchup, and soy sauce. Pour half into a large resealable plastic bag; add pork. Seal bag and turn to coat; refrigerate for 30 minutes. Set remaining marinade aside., Drain and discard marinade from pork. In a large skillet, cook pork in oil over medium heat for 2-3 minutes on all sides or until meat is lightly browned; drain. Add the onion, carrots, green pepper, and ginger. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. , Cover and simmer for 6-8 minutes or until pork is tender. Add reserved marinade. Bring to a boil; cook for 1 minute or until heated through. Stir in pineapple. Serve with rice if desired.

EASY SWEET AND SOUR PORK

Steps:

• Combine 3 tablespoons reserved pineapple juice with water, cornstarch, soy sauce, vinegar and pepper flakes. Set aside. , In a skillet or wok, heat oil on high. Stir-fry pork until it is no longer pink. Add garlic and ginger; cook 1 minute. Add carrots and onion; continue to stir-fry until tender, about 3 minutes. Add pepper, snow peas, pineapple and soy sauce mixture that has been stirred. Cook until sauce thickens. Serve immediately.

SWEET AND SOUR SAUCE I

Steps:

• Place the sugar, vinegar, water, soy sauce, ketchup and cornstarch in a medium saucepan, and bring to a boil. Stir continuously until the mixture has thickened.

EASY SWEET AND SOUR SAUCE FOR CHICKEN OR PORK

Steps:

• Mix the vinegar, brown sugar, ketchup, and soy sauce together and bring to a boil in a small pot. Mix together the cornstarch and water, add to the other ingredients and stir to thicken.
• For a thicker sauce, increase the cornstarch to 5 teaspoons.

SWEET AND SOUR CHICKEN (OR PORK)

Steps:

• Frying the chicken (or pork): Cut up chicken (or pork) into small pieces.
• Mix breading ingredients (it will be runny).
• Dip each piece of meat into the breading then place into the oil until it turns brown.
• Make sure the meat has enough time to cook before removing it.
• Drain the fried chicken (or pork) and set aside, or place a cover over them to keep them warm.
• Sauce: Melt the margarine in a frying pan, and add the onion, green pepper and sliced carrots.
• I often add other peppers or snow peas as well.
• Once the veggies are cooked stir in the rest of the ingredients EXCEPT the pineapple.
• Cook until it boils and add cornstarch if it is too runny.
• Finally add the Pineapple for the last 5 min.
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• Finally: Serve over rice if desired.

SIMPLE SWEET AND SOUR SAUCE

Steps:

• Stir pineapple chunks with juice, 3/4 cup water, rice vinegar, ketchup, brown sugar, soy sauce, and Worcestershire sauce together in a saucepan; bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and cook at a simmer until the pineapple is tender, about 20 minutes.
• Pour pineapple mixture into a blender no more than half full. Cover and hold lid down; pulse a few times before leaving on to blend. Return mixture to saucepan and bring to a simmer.
• Whisk cornstarch and 2 tablespoons water together in a bowl until smooth; stir into the sauce. Increase heat to medium. Cook and stir sauce until thick, 2 to 3 minutes.

SWEET AND SOUR PORK OR CHICKEN

Steps:

• Melt shortening in large skillet over medium heat.
• Add chicken or pork; sprinkle with paprika.
• Brown well.
• Cover and simmer for 20 to 25 minutes or until tender, stirring occasionally.
• Combine brown sugar, cornstarch and salt in medium bowl.
• Gradually add 2/3 cup reserved pineapple juice, vinegar, water, soy sauce, and Worcestershire sauce to dry ingredients; mix well.
• Stir into meat and cook over medium-low heat, stirring constantly until thickened.
• Add green pepper, red pepper, onion, and pineapple chunks.
• Cover and simmer for 6 to 8 minutes until vegetables are tender crisp.
• Serve over hot cooked rice.

KIMMY'S FAVORITE SWEET AND SOUR CHICKEN

Steps:

• Marinate chicken cubes in soy sauce in a bowl for 30 minutes.
• Heat vegetable oil in a skillet on medium-high heat.
• Remove chicken from soy sauce and cook and stir in the heated skillet until no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear.
• Remove chicken from the skillet and set aside.
• Heat vinegar, sugar and 1/2 cup water together over medium heat in the same skillet until the sugar dissolves.
• Combine cornstarch and 1/2 cup water in a bowl and add to the vinegar mixture.
• Stir mixture and lower heat to medium-low.
• Pour pineapple juice and tomato soup into vinegar mixture and simmer for about 5 minutes.
• Stir in carrots, onion, and bell pepper.
• Simmer for 20 to 25 minutes; until sauce is reddish-yellow and the vegetables are cooked.
• Add the pineapple chunks and cooked chicken to the sauce and heat for 2 to 4 minutes.

SWEET AND SOUR PORK/CHICKEN

Steps:

• Combine 2 tbs soy sauce, 1 tbs rice wine, and meat in a bowl. Stir to coat & let marinate for at least 10 minutes.
• Mix in a small bowl, vinegar, brown sugar, ketchup, water, 1 tbs cornstarch, 2 tsp soy sauce, and chili garlic sauce. Set aside.
• Remove meat from marinade. Dip meat in egg wash, drain excess, then dredge in cornstarch and shake off the excess.
• In a wok or deep fryer, heat oil to 360 degrees. Fry meat a few pieces at a time to not drop temperature, turning occasionally until golden brown, about 3 minutes. Remove and drain on paper towel. Repeat process for remaining meat pieces.
• Sautee onions and bell peppers until onions are translucent, add sauce, cook sauce over medium-high heat, stirring, until boils and thickens then stir in pineapples and meat. Reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Place meat on a bed of rice & top with sauce.

STIR FRY SWEET & SOUR PORK OR CHICKEN OR SHRIMP

Steps:

• Combine the sauce ingredients, set aside.
• Heat the wok over high heat.
• Add oil swirl to coat.
• Add garlic and green onions, Stir fry 1/2 minute.
• Add pork or chicken, stir fry 3 minutes or 'til is opaque.
• If doing shrimp, stir fry 2 minutes, 'til pink.
• Remove and set aside.
• Keep warm.
• Quickly wipe the wok, Reheat.
• Add oil, swirl to coat.
• Add peppers and carrots, stir fry 2 minutes.
• Add onion and tomato, (omit tomato with shrimp) stir fry 1 minute.
• Push the vegetables up the sides of the wok.
• Stir the sauce, pour into the center of the wok.
• Stir 'til bubbly.
• Return the meat to the wok.
• Add pineapple, combine with vegetables.
• For shrimp or chicken, heat and serve.
• For pork, add chicken stock, cover, cook over medium heat for 4-5 minutes 'til pork is opaque throughout.
• Serve with jasmine or basmati rice.