Sweet and Sour Chicken

This is one that my family begs me to make. It is my son’s choice for his birthday dinner every year for the last several years. He is 43. It is better than take out! I do add onion chunks and thin carrot slices. I use chicken tenders from Costco. No added anything, no 15% solution which ruins the taste. Makes it taste salty and rubbery.

I still can’t believe how good this is! Taste just like you ordered it at your Chinese restaurant! So good! I threw my peppers and pineapple in the sauce after cooking to soften and warm them. Will definitely make again, Husband loved it!

Fabulous ! I made it last night with pork. I didn’t have self rising flour and turned out beautifully with regular flour. I tested a piece after 5 minutes frying @ 360 and it was perfect. Golden brown and crispy. I didn’t use green pepper cuz we aren’t fans. Yellow, red bell peppers, onion and pineapple chunks. . I appreciate the other reviews that added carrots, celery , etc. So for fun I ordered rice and pot stickers from our local chinese restaurant. Great cheat hack ! LOL Oh, and lastly…I squished a little ketchup into sauce to make it red. Couldn’t detect a flavor change just made it pretty. I saw that in another recipe and it was a good idea. The whole dish was very pretty :o)

I made this without pineapple, added soy sauce and 5 spice to batter and let chicken sit in batter 5-7 minutes while oil heated. I added onion, garlic, 5 spice and peppers (three types) to sweet and sour mixture – Fabulous! Served over brown rice

Every time I make this it gets eaten. No left overs.

Family loved it. Leftovers were better when I kept the sauce separate from the chicken. For leftovers I crisped up the chicken in the air fryer and added hot sauce after.

This was amazing and so easy!!! Family was looking for the restaurant carry-out boxes because they were sure I ordered out. I only made a couple tiny changes. I used one green bell pepper instead of two and one yellow bell pepper because the yellow ones are sweeter and I chopped up about 4 celery stalks. I put the celery in last so it wouldn’t soften and would provide a little crunch. I will caution you that this makes a lot of batter!!! A LOT!!! So don’t cut your chicken up too small or you will lose it in the batter. This did take some time because I could only cook about 5 pieces of chicken at a time due to my pan size but it was totally worth it, EVERYONE loved it!! I would give it more stars if I could.

I made this, loved it, and decided to write it up in a simplified manner to put in the kid’s cookbook for when they move out. I used the tip for no self-rising flour on hand (add 1/2 tsp salt and 1 1/2 tsp baking powder, from Shells’ review). I did not add food colouring, because it adds nothing to the dish. Combining the water and cornstarch separately before adding to the sauce makes a big difference. I cook the pineapple and green pepper, and usually some onion, in the sauce after it starts to thicken. I never pour the sauce on top of anything until the food is served, and then I let each person decide how much (or spoon it on the plate for each serving if I’m getting their plate). I try to make a smaller amount of sauce because it is not as good reheated, and I serve over rice. The chicken reheats really well in a toaster oven or frying pan.

turned out really good

Really Good!

This is THE BEST RECIPE EVER! WE LOVE IT! I honestly could eat this every week. My EXTREME compliments to the chef. Marvelous, Marvelous! Absolutely MARVELOUS! I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is SUPER delicious! I love this recipe beyond explanation! I will definitely make again, and again and again and again and again until I cannot make it anymore!!!! I don’t think you understand how delicious this is! Every time I think of Sweet and Sour Chicken, taste sits on my mouth like a delicious honey bun, as if taking a bite of heaven! You just want more and more and more! Use this recipe! It is 100% trustworthy and usable! YUM YUM YUMMITY YUM! Use THIS recipe! It tastes like something a master chef would make, but it is so simple and so yummy! MAKE IT MAKE IT MAKEEEEEE ITTTTTTTT!!!!!! DELICIOUS! MMMMMMMMMMMMMAAAAAAAAAAAAAKKKKKKKKKKKKKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Doubled it bc I have 3 grown men to feed.

It was easy to make and delicious. I will be making this a lot. The sweet and sour sauce was really sweet yet tart. My taste buds loved it.

Recipe is GREAT! but is doesn’t specify how much pineapple juice exactly to add, only to save the juice from an 8oz can. our store only sells 20oz pineapple chunk cans. which I poured all the juice from it. It ended up being too much, too liquidy. luckily I’ve heard more cornstarch solves those problems. Also, I’m confused why it doesn’t say to sauté the green peppers. I ended up sautéing them with the pineapple chunks and having it aside for the eaters to add as they wished.

so, so, good. much better than what I’ve found locally!

Way too much vinegar taste for my liking. Sauce wouldn’t thicken no matter how long I cooked it. Other than that, it was good. I think I might cut the amount of vinegar down to a quarter cup and add a bit more cornstarch and water to the sauce.

Great recipe .. would have liked a less “heavy” batter . I cut back on the sugar… less sweet , eliminated the food coloring and added strips of sweet peppers and thinly cut carrots for more color and veggies. Hubby loved it so adding it to the recipe board

I left out the peppers and used a 15 oz can of pineapple tid bits and yes it is as good as it looks.

Best ever ! I added gnger , green pepper, spanish onion (all fried) and pineapple pieces to the sauce to infuse it. Worked very well. Winning recipe !

Read the directions a few times before making. A few spots were confusing but this is a little time consuming. First batch of chicken was bland and was not golden brown at all. The batter was way too thick for first patch and the color was not appealing. I added more water until I thought it would fry up better. I added a bunch of pepper and that helped but still not very flavorful. Second batch was a little better but still bland. I have read all of the tips from other reviews and will consider trying it again sometime.

I didn’t get to follow the recipe completely, since I didn’t have some of the ingredients called for. Cut up whole chicken instead of breast, cranberry juice for pineapple juice, 2/3 cups brown sugar for white sugar, no food colouring (the cranberry juice gave it a red colouring) and ground black pepper for white. Also, my meat sat in my homemade marinade (blended: onions, garlic, thyme, pimento, salt, black pepper, whole hot peppers and enough water for the blender to function) for about 7 hours. I also added 1/4 cup of my marinade to the batter. I had a very tiring day so I forego preparing Fried Rice and simply served it with Plain Rice and slices of tomato and cucumbers. Everyone raved and had second helpings. This is my first time using a wet batter and I am truly impressed with the results.