Recipe of the Week 02/07/09---Sweet and Sour Chicken

Sweet and Sour Chicken---I call this Orange Chicken

Chicken

1T. Soy sauce
1 T. chicken broth
1/2 t. salt, ground ginger, garlic powder

Mix all of this together and stir into about a pound of chicken breast cubed. Let sit for 30 mins.

Sweet and sour sauce

1 cup orange juice
2 T. cornstarch
2T. Sugar
1/4 cup cider vinegar
1/4 cup ketchup
1 T. soy sauce

Mix all of these ingredients and reserve for later.






Procedure

Dip each piece of chicken into cornstarch and fry in a bit of canola oil.


Make sure to keep chicken in a single layer. Brown both sides.


As one batch is done move it to a plate with paper towels to drain. When all of the chicken is cooked and draining on the plate, pour the sauce mixture into the skillet.




Put the chicken back into skillet and stir to coat. When everything is hot through and thickened serve over rice.




This is my husbands all time favorite dinner(after seafood of course). The original recipe called for a can of pineapple chunks instead of orange juice . Since no one in my family likes pineapple(except me) I made the substitution. Happy eating!