Sweet and Sour Chicken.
A few weeks ago, Christina told me about a delicious sweet and sour chicken recipe on Tasty Kitchen that everyone was raving about. Turns out the recipe is from My Kitchen Cafe, and Melanie has a plethora of incredible chicken recipes that I can’t wait to try.
Mr. How Sweet is always asking for homemade chinese food, and I always drop the ball. Mine just never tastes as good as take-out.
Trust me when I say that this is the best sweet and sour chicken I have ever had in my life. Better than take-out. Better than Trader Joe’s. Better than everything.
Mr. How Sweet agrees – a week doesn’t go by where he isn’t begging me to make it again. I don’t mind making it, because we use skinless, boneless chicken – it is healthier than any take-out we would get.
I also don’t like to hear Mr. How Sweet whine. It makes my ears bleed.
Sweet and Sour Chicken
Ingredients
Chicken
- 3-4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1 cup cornstarch
- salt & pepper
- 1/4 cup canola oil, I used olive oil
Sauce
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 4 tablespoons ketchup
- 1/2 cup vinegar, I used cider vinegar
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon garlic salt, I used garlic powder
Instructions
Chicken
- Preheat oven to 325.
- Cut boneless chicken breasts into chunks. Season with salt and pepper. Coat chicken in egg and then in cornstarch. Pan fry in oil until golden brown, but not cooked through. Place in a single layer in a baking dish.
Sauce
- Mix all ingredients together and pour over chicken. Bake chicken for 6o minutes, turning every 15 minutes. You can also make extra sauce – add all ingredients to a saucepan and simmer until thick.
Notes
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I appreciate you so much!
Mr. How Sweet loves this so much, that he wants a special compartment in his man purse just to store sweet and sour chicken.
I’ll get on that.
109 Comments on “Sweet and Sour Chicken.”
mmm i love homemade sweet and sour!
mmmm this would be a perfect dinner for tonight. Although I’d be afraid it’s all my husband would ask for once I made it! I love making homemade chinese because of how much healthier it can be made.
Does the sauce keep in the refrigerator? I want to make it and keep it in the fridge to use on tofu!
I’m sure it does – we had leftovers for a few days and the sauce on the chicken was still great!
This looks awesome and sounds delicious. So simple! Way better than any mystery takeout (however, I do love that mystery takeout…haha).
I’m totally making this for my husband this week! He would love it!
Thanks for introducing us to ‘ My Kitchen Cafe’ it looks like a great site.
I’ve been absolutely craving this dish… too funny!! This looks amazing!! :)
Putting these ingredients on my grocery list for next week!!! Delish!
Nice! Looks fantastic. I love making homemade takeout. Ya’ll should try this too- its simple version of at home beef and broccoli. Josh loves it- http://itzyskitchen.blogspot.com/2009/12/beef-broccoli.html
Definitely making this very soon. Adam LOVES Chinese food too, but I hesitate ordering out. Maybe I’ll make shrimp!
I have made this a few times. It is fantastic!!
Mmm, looks delicious! A must-try!
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i love melanie’s blog! and this chicken looks great. enjoy your sunday, beautiful!
I’m bookmarking this one girl…
This picture is mouth watering!
My husband loves sweet and sour chicken. We never have it because it’s always so unhealthy. But this version is healthy and looks delicious.
YUMMMM! Love Sweet & Sour Chicken- can’t wait to try this! :)
That looks soooo good! I LOVE sweet and sour chicken, it’s my all time favorite Chinese food. YUM
Jenn
Mmm, it looks like Chinese food from the mall, but sounds much healthier!!! Yummmmmmmmmm!!!
That looks really good! No wonder he wants you to make it all of the time LOL
So glad you liked this! (And glad my husband isn’t the only one who nags me about making it again and again!)
Yum!
Yum…it reminds me a bit of that chicken in sweet and spicy sauce I had at the airport lounge…it wasn’t fried, either.
girl i hope you had a great weekend…i did. it was amazing. all that i told you was going down, it was so FUN!
One of the hubby’s favorite foods ever….can’t wait to make this for him. Thanks!
ooh my husband would love this as well.
and I need to know.
seriously is it always dinner like that in yer domicile?
would you do that if you didnt blog?!
I need to be mo’ like y ou.
I have NEVER made anything Asian at home… but I just might have to try this! Looks great girl!
These look delicious! I am scared of pan frying, I always screw it up!
Thanks for the link :)
This recipe should come with a warning that once you make it, your honey will whine for you to make it every day. It’s THAT good! Glad Mr. How Sweet enjoyed it!
I’ve made this too! And my husband LOVED it. Seriously, I’ve made like 20 of Melanie’s recipes and they’ve all been incredible.
I think I’ll show this recipe to boyfriend so he can make it for me. haha, he is such the better cook.
Made this last night and my husband and I both LOVED it!!! Thank you so much for posting this recipe!! We will definitely keep this one on hand!!
Yum… This looks great! I rarely have any success with making take out dishes at home and not wishing that I had just ordered take out. I’ll have to try this one since it comes with such a glowing recommendation!
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I just made this tonight and it was delicious! My husband raved just like you warned. I have a big family so I doubled the recipe and it was perfect. We have some leftover for hubby to take to work tomorrow too!
The one thing I noticed, the recipe says to dip it in the cornstarch and then the egg but with the first few pieces that I did that to, it smelled too ‘eggy’ frying up. I switched it and dipped it in egg first, then cornstarch and it worked much better for me. It all tasted great at the end and the sauce is to die for! We are def. having this again! Thanks for sharing!
You are right! So sorry about that, just changed it. It is egg first, then cornstarch. So glad you liked it. :)
Are you sure?? The Pioneer Women says first cornstarch then egg? Which is better?
I do flour/cornstarch, then egg, then flour/cornstarch. It makes it fluffier, I think.
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I just came across this recipe, and I can’t wait to try it! Does it really take the full 60 minutes for the chicken to cook completely?
The chicken could probably be done in 30-45 minutes, but it’s also about letting the sauce thicken. I am not positive though, because I always cook it for the full 60.
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Wonderful recipe and one I will make again. The only thing I would do different is to double the sauce.
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I made this dish last night for my boyfriend and I and it was amazingly delicious. I would not, however, consider it healthy (3/4 cup of sugar!! eek!). I had a massive sugar buzz afterwards… not good! Next time, I will try to scale back on the sugar (down to 1/2 cup) or try to find some kind of replacement for it!
But as far as Chinesse food goes, this was better than take-out!
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Made this for dinner tonight! Super good! I did make extra sauce and added pineapple tidbits and sauteed green peppers. Will definitely file this away to make again. =)
Glad you liked it!
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I made this last night, was DELISH! Made it with mushroom, cabbage and carrot fried rice.