Chicken with peaches in sweet and sour sauce

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 30 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   Prepare food. The meat should be at room temperature. I used canned peach, but it would be good with pineapple, pear, and tangerines. Take tomato ketchup, without additional additives, they will change the taste, well, if for the better.

2. STEP 2

   

   Wash vegetables and meat, dry and cut. Onions into quarters, carrots and peppers into cubes, not very small. But the garlic is fine and it is better to use a knife. Medium cubed peaches. Cut the meat across the grain, not very finely - one bite at a time, so it will cook quickly and retain its juiciness.

3. STEP 3

   

   Prepare SWEET AND SOUR SAUCE. In a thick-bottomed bowl, mix syrup, sugar, soy sauce, ketchup and vinegar 9%. Stirring, bring to a boil over low heat.

4. STEP 4

   

   Add 3 tbsp to starch. cooled boiled water from the total volume, stir well. Pour the resulting solution into the boiled mixture, stirring vigorously. Add about 150 - 170 ml of water, stir and let it boil, immediately remove from the stove, stirring for a while. You may need a little less or more water; the sauce should have the consistency of jelly. Let it sit for now.

5. STEP 5

   

   Fry VEGETABLES. Pour 3 tbsp into a heated frying pan. vegetable oil, heat and fry the onion until transparent. Add carrots and fry a little. Add the bell pepper last, when it sticks a little, remove the pan from the stove. The vegetables should remain damp, just fry them a little over medium heat.

6. STEP 6

   

   Fry the MEAT until almost done. Pour 4 tbsp into another, deeper frying pan. oil, heat. Fry the meat over high heat until a light crust appears and the meat is “sealed.” Pre-mix the meat in a bowl with 2 tbsp. vegetable oil, so it will not “shoot”. If the meat releases juice, immediately scoop it up with a spoon so that the meat is fried rather than boiled.

7. STEP 7

   

   Add garlic, salt and pepper to almost cooked meat. Reduce heat to low. Then add peaches and vegetables, stir and let heat through. Fry together for literally 2 - 3 minutes.

8. STEP 8

   

   Pour in the sauce, stir and adjust the amount of liquid if necessary; the meat should be practically hidden. Turn off the stove, cover loosely with a lid and leave for 5 minutes to soak and combine all the flavors, stir occasionally. The vegetables and peach will still become softer, but will be al dente. Serve hot with rice (it will have time to cook while we cook the chicken). The taste is amazing!