Sweet And Sour Tangerine Chicken Stir Fry Food

EASY SWEET AND SOUR CHICKEN STIR FRY

Steps:

• Sweet and Sour sauce. In a small saucepan add oil over medium heat and saute garlic and ginger for about 1 minute. Stir in sugar, vinegar, honey, ketchup, soy sauce. Simmer until sugar dissolves.
• Meanwhile, in a small bowl whisk together cornstarch and water and pour the mixture into the saucepan. Simmer on low heat for 10 minutes until the sweet and sour sauce starts thickening. Set aside.
• Chicken prep. In a medium bowl add chicken, season with salt and pepper, and stir in the cornstarch. Make sure all the chicken pieces are covered in cornstarch. Set aside.
• Stir fry. In a large skillet or wok over medium to high heat add 2-3 tbsp of vegetable oil and cook the chicken until golden brown on all sides (about 3-4 minutes.) Remove from pan and set aside in a plate lined with a paper towel.
• In the same skillet add vegetables, cook for few minutes until they get almost tender and throw in the pineapple. Stir well and return the chicken to the pan, pour the sauce on top. Stir and simmer for 1-2 minutes. Taste the sauce for seasoning, add salt and pepper if needed.
• Serve with scallions, sesame seeds, and rice, noodles, or another favorite side.

SWEET AND SOUR CHICKEN STIR FRY

Steps:

• Cut the chicken breasts into 1/2 inch chunks.
• Peel and slice the carrots.
• Cut the pepper and onion into 1/2-1 inch pieces.
• Drain the pineapple from the can reserving 1/4 cup of the pineapple juice.
• Heat a wok or frypan on medium high heat. Add 2 tbsp oil. Stir in the chicken and cook until no longer pink. Scoop the chicken onto a plate.
• Add the remaining tablespoon of oil and dump in the sliced carrots, pepper and onion. Cover the wok or frypan with a lid. Check every couple minutes and stir to ensure the vegetables do not stick to the bottom of the pan. If needed, add the optional 2 tbsp of water which will help steam the veggies and keep them from burning.
• Once the carrots are starting to soften, lower the heat and add the pineapple chunks and cooked chicken.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together the remaining ingredients, ensuring the corn starch is dissolved.
• Pour the sauce into the frypan and stir it gently through the chicken and veggies. Cook for about 5 minutes or until the sauce is thickened.
• Serve on cooked rice.

SWEET AND SOUR CHICKEN STIR FRY

Steps:

• Mix together Sauce ingredients. Mix together Thickener in a separate small bowl.
• Heat oil in a wok or skillet over high heat. Add garlic and onion, cook for 1 minute.
• Add chicken and stir fry until it it is white all over but still pink inside.
• Add capsicum and stir fry for 2 minutes.
• Add Sauce ingredients. Stir until sugar has dissolved and the sauce begins to bubble.
• Add Thickener. Bring to simmer, stirring constantly. Then cook until it thickens to a syrup consistency - about 3 minutes.
• Stir through pineapple pieces (just to warm) and remove from stove.
• Serve immediately with rice - or for a low carb, low cal option, try Cauliflower Rice! Garnish with shallots if desired.

TANGERINE CHICKEN STIR-FRY

Steps:

• In small bowl, mix juice, soy sauce and cornstarch until cornstarch is dissolved; set aside.
• In 12-inch wok or nonstick skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Cook chicken in oil 4 to 5 minutes, stirring frequently, until no longer pink in center. Add carrots; cook 2 to 3 minutes. Add broccoli, mushrooms, water chestnuts and water; cook 3 to 4 minutes longer, stirring frequently, until vegetables are crisp-tender.
• Reduce heat to low. Stir juice mixture, then stir into chicken mixture. Cook and stir 1 minute or until sauce is slightly thickened. Sprinkle individual servings with 1 tablespoon cilantro.

SWEET AND SOUR CHICKEN III

Steps:

• Brown chicken in oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Add green bell pepper, red bell pepper, carrot and garlic and stir fry for 1 to 2 minutes.
• In a small bowl, combine cornstarch and soy sauce and mix together; pour mixture into the skillet, along with the pineapple and liquid, vinegar, sugar and ginger. Stir together and bring to a full boil.

SWEET AND SOUR CHICKEN STIR FRY

Steps:

• Combine preserves, vinegar, garlic salt, ginger, soy sauce and crushed red pepper flakes; stir until well blended.
• Set aside.
• Halve zucchini lengthwise.
• Cut into ¼-inch slices; set aside.
• Heat 2 tablespoons oil in wok or Dutch oven over high heat; stir-fry chicken until tender and browned.
• Add remaining oil, zucchini, mushrooms and salt to chicken.
• Stir-fry until zucchini is crisp-tender.
• Add pea pods and apricot sauce; toss gently to mix well and heat through.
• Serve with hot cooked rice.

HEALTHIER SWEET AND SOUR CHICKEN STIR FRY

Steps:

• Spray a non-stick skillet with cooking spray.
• Sauté garlic for 2 minutes. Add chicken and brown over medium heat. Add bell pepper, carrot, celery, and pea pods and stir fry for 5-7 minutes, until carrots soften just a bit.
• In a small bowl, combine cornstarch and soy sauce and mix. Pour into skillet, along with pineapple, vinegar, Sugar Twin, and ginger. Stir well and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer 1-2 minutes until sauce thickens.
• Serve over hot rice, or cabbage for a "lower carb" option.

SWEET AND SOUR CHICKEN STIR-FRY

Steps:

• Stir together sauce ingredients.
• Place a wok over high heat.
• When wok is hot, add 2 tbsp peanut oil.
• when oil is hot, add garlic and chicken and stir fry until chicken is cooked (about 3 mins).
• Remove from wok and set aside.
• Pour remaining 1 tbsp oil into wok.
• when oil is hot, add onion and bell pepper.
• Stir fry until vegetables are tender crisp (about 2 mins).
• Add pea pods, stir fry about 1 minutes.
• Return chicken to wok.
• Stir sweet and sour sauce, pour into wok along with pineapple.
• Stir until sauce boils and thickens.
• Serve over hot cooked white rice.

STIR-FRY BREADED CHICKEN IN SWEET AND SOUR SAUCE

Steps:

• Drain the pineapple reserving 3/4 cup of the juice.
• In a small bowl, whisk together the reserved pineapple juice, ketchup, 1 tablespoon cornstarch, vinegar, water and sugar; set aside.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the egg and 1 tablespoon cornstarch until smooth.
• Add in the chicken pieces; stir to coat the chicken with egg mixture.
• Pour the cracker crumbs into a shallow dish.
• Roll chicken pieces in the crumbs to coat evenly.
• Heat the oil in a wok or large skllet (adding more oil in if needed during cooking).
• Set to medium heat.
• Add half of the chicken pieces into the wok; stir-fry for about 3 minutes, or until chicken is no longer pink.
• Remove from the wok and place into a preheated 275 degree oven to keep warm.
• Repeat with remaining chicken.
• Add in the peppers and green onions; stir-fry for 2-3 minutes or until crisp-tender, remove the veggies.
• Stir pineapple juice mixture slightly and add into the wok; cook and stir until thickened and bubbly, then cook for 2 minutes more.
• Return the chicken, veggies and pineapple chunks to the wok.
• Stir all ingredients together to coat with sauce; cook annd stir about 1 minute more or until heated through.
• Serve with rice.