Chinese sweet chicken

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 40 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   How to make Chinese sweet chicken? Prepare all the necessary products. You can use any chicken parts, with or without bones. Both thighs and breasts are perfect. If necessary, defrost the chicken in advance. Ideally, rice vinegar, but you can use apple or wine vinegar. Use naturally fermented soy sauce. Now there are a lot of cheap fakes of soy sauce, I advise you to take a more expensive, but natural one.

2. STEP 2

   

   Wash the chicken well, cut into medium-sized pieces. You can remove the skin and bones, or you can leave them in.

3. STEP 3

   

   Transfer chicken to a separate bowl. Pour soy sauce over the chicken and leave for 10-15 minutes until it is well soaked.

4. STEP 4

   

   Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan. It can be absolutely anything: from ordinary sunflower to elite olive. The only condition: if you are going to fry in this oil, then it must be refined. Otherwise it will burn. Add the chicken to the pan and quickly fry it over fairly high heat.

5. STEP 5

   

   Peel the onion and cut into thin feathers. Wash the carrots, peel and cut into thin strips. You can cut the carrots by hand, or you can use a special grater or processor for cutting into strips.

6. STEP 6

   

   First add carrots to the chicken in the pan, fry them over low heat for about 5-7 minutes, stirring constantly.

7. STEP 7

   

   Add chopped onion to the carrots, stir. Grind the garlic: you can grate it or put it through a press, but I just chopped it with a knife. Add garlic to the pan as well. Reduce heat and cook for another 5-7 minutes.

8. STEP 8

   

   Pour vinegar into the meat and vegetables, add honey. Stir.

9. STEP 9

   

   Dissolve starch in 50 ml of cold water. It can be anything: potato or corn. Since starch is used here to thicken the dish, it can be replaced with flour.

10. STEP 10

    

    Pour starch and water into the pan.

11. STEP 11

    

    Simmer the dish on the stove for about 5-7 minutes until the sauce thickens. Add salt at the very end. Keep in mind that soy sauce is quite salty, so don't overdo it!

12. STEP 12

    

    Serve Chinese sweet chicken as a meal on its own or with a side dish (rice is the ideal side dish!). Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

Marina

06.09.2023

4.8

I also know this recipe for cooking chicken in Chinese sauce with bell pepper.

Lenochka

06.09.2023

4.6

I also offer you my Chinese chicken recipe

Oksana Italiano

06.09.2023

4.7

Thank you very much for the recipe) I made it, I really liked it) it’s very tasty for lovers of Asian cuisine!!!

angela

06.09.2023

4.6

A wonderful dish for meeting guests and for every day! The aromatic sweet and sour meat left no one indifferent. Chicken is a frequent guest on our table, and this recipe, Chinese sweet chicken, perfectly diversified the menu. The family appreciated the dish prepared according to this recipe. It's incredibly delicious! Thank you very much!