Sweet And Sour Chicken Tenders 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.

SWEET AND SOUR CHICKEN TENDERS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Pour cornstarch and garlic salt into a large resealable bag.
• Dip chicken pieces in beaten egg. Remove and drop chicken into cornstarch mixture and seal the bag.
• Shake the chicken in the bag until all pieces are fully coated.
• Heat vegetable oil in a skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir chicken in heated oil until browned, about 5 minutes.
• Stir vinegar, sugar, chicken broth, ketchup, soy sauce, and salt together in a bowl.
• Arrange the browned chicken in a baking dish; pour the vinegar mixture over the chicken.
• Bake in preheated oven until chicken is no longer pink in the center and juices run clear, about 40 minutes.

CLASSIC SWEET-AND-SOUR CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the flour, water, egg, baking powder, sugar, salt and pepper. In an electric skillet, heat 1/4 in. of oil to 375°. Dip chicken into batter. Fry in oil, a few pieces at a time, for 1 to 1-1/2 minutes on each side or until golden brown. Drain on paper towels., In a large microwave-safe bowl, combine the sweet-and-sour sauce, carrots, green pepper, onion and pineapple. Cover and microwave on high for 4-6 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Serve chicken and sauce with rice.

SWEET AND SOUR SKILLET CHICKEN

Steps:

• Cut chicken in strips.
• In large skillet bring chicken and stock to simmer over medium high heat.
• Add celery, onion and sweet peppers.
• Cook, stirring often, for about 5 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink and vegetables are tender crisp.
• Mix together juice, vinegar, brown sugar, corn starch and soya sauce until blended Stir into skillet and bring to a boil.
• Cook, stirring, for about 2 minutes until glossy and thickened.
• Add pineapple.
• Simmer for about 2 minutes or until heated through.

SWEET-AND-SOUR CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a shallow dish, combine the flour, garlic powder, salt and pepper; coat chicken. In a skillet, saute chicken in 2 tablespoons oil over medium-high heat for 8-10 minutes or until tender. Remove and set aside. , Saute the celery, green peppers and onion in remaining oil for 5 minutes or until crisp-tender. Return chicken pan. Combine the ketchup, lemon juice, pineapple and brown sugar; add to skillet. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until heated through. Serve over rice.

CHICKEN STRIPS WITH SWEET AND SOUR SAUCE

Steps:

• Remove all fat from chicken breasts and discard.
• Place each chicken breast between 2 sheets of wax paper and pound with a rolling pin or flat hammer to about 1/2 inch thickness.
• Cut chicken into 1 inch strips.
• In a small mixing bowl, whisk together eggs and buttermilk.
• In a separate bowl, mix together bread crumbs, parmesan cheese, granulated garlic powder, salt, pepper and dill weed.
• Preheat oven to 400 F degrees.
• Dip each piece of chicken in buttermilk mixture and then into crumb mixture until coated on all surfaces.
• Place chicken strips in a single layer on a baking sheet or cookie sheet.
• Drizzle with melted margarine or butter.
• Bake in preheated 400 F oven for 10 minutes.
• Turn chicken strips over and continue to bake for another 5 minutes or until chicken is golden in color or until cooked through.
• Serve with Sweet and Sour Sauce as a dip.
• SAUCE-----------------.
• In a medium size saucepan, add white vinegar, granulated sugar and bring to boil, stirring frequently to dissolve, about 3 minutes.
• Add pineapple juice, Accent, ketchup, soy sauce, seasoning salt, granulated garlic powder and bring to boil; stir until blended.
• Add red food coloring and stir to blend.
• In a small bowl, mix together cold water and tapioca starch until smooth.
• While sugar mixture is boiling, slowly add tapioca starch mixture, stirring continuoulsy until sauce thickens slightly.
• If desired, you can add about 1/2 cup of crushed pineapple or chunky pineapple to sauce mixture near the end of cooking for a pineapple taste.