Chicken in sweet and sour sauce, Chinese style

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 30 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   How to make chicken in sweet and sour sauce in Chinese? Prepare all the necessary products. The traditional recipe usually uses chicken breast fillet, but it can also be thigh fillet or other parts of the chicken. Choose naturally fermented soy sauce. It's best if you can find a sauce that can be cooked or a marinade sauce.

2. STEP 2

   

   Wash the chicken in running water, dry and cut into medium-sized pieces. Since the dish is Chinese, a piece of chicken should be easy to pick up with chopsticks.

3. STEP 3

   

   Salt the chicken to taste, but keep in mind that soy sauce is also quite salty, so use half as much salt as you would for a regular dish. You can also pepper the chicken or add some other dried spices if you wish.

4. STEP 4

   

   Add 3 tablespoons of starch to the chicken. It can be either potato or corn. Stir. Chicken pieces are breaded in starch.

5. STEP 5

   

   Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan, add chicken pieces and fry on all sides for about 10 minutes. Then remove the chicken from the pan. For instructions on choosing a pan and oil for frying, see the separate articles at the end of this recipe.

6. STEP 6

   

   Pour vinegar into the same pan where the chicken was fried. You can take not only apple, but also grape or wine vinegar. Or even regular 6% vinegar.

7. STEP 7

   

   Then pour in soy sauce. Simmer everything over low heat.

8. STEP 8

   

   Add sugar.

9. STEP 9

   

   Then ketchup or tomato paste.

10. STEP 10

    

    Peel the garlic, chop it with a knife, on a fine grater or put it through a press and put it in a frying pan, stir. I put the garlic through a press.

11. STEP 11

    

    Bring to a boil over low heat.

12. STEP 12

    

    Dissolve the remaining starch in a glass of cold water.

13. STEP 13

    

    Pour into the pan.

14. STEP 14

    

    Boil for a couple of minutes until thickened.

15. STEP 15

    

    Return chicken to skillet and stir to coat. Leave for 10 minutes so that each piece is soaked in the sauce. Our dish is ready!

16. STEP 16

    

    It turns out very tasty! You can serve with boiled rice. Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

Anastasia Polyatinskaya

27.08.2023

4.8

We love Chinese cuisine! This recipe is very similar to THAT very Asian taste of the Middle Kingdom. The use of starch gives the chicken a crispy crust, but retains tenderness inside, and the addition of sugar and vinegar to the sauce is the highlight of the dish, which adds sourness and sweetness. Be sure to serve the sweet and sour chicken with a bowl of rice and garnish the meat with sesame seeds and hot pepper flakes. Thanks for the recipe!

Snowflake

27.08.2023

4.6

I'm glad you're interested in my recipe.

Galina Petrus

27.08.2023

4.8

I just made it, it turned out delicious) the breading in the starch is not very noticeable, I thought it would be crispier)

Lerik

27.08.2023

4.6

The chicken turned out to be the most tender! I really liked the sauce, but it’s definitely not for everyone