Best Sweet and Sour Chicken
Crispy fried chicken in a delightful sweet and sour sauce
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 2 lbs Chicken breasts
- 2 cups Corn starch
- 1 cup Water
- 1 Egg
- 1 tsp Salt
- Oil for frying vegetable or canola
- ¼ cup Scallions
Sweet and Sour Sauce
- ½ Onion
- 1½ cup Bell peppers
- 6 Tbsp Water
- ¼ cup Sugar granulated
- ½ cup Vinegar
- ¼ cup Soy sauce
- 2 Tbsp Oyster sauce
- 2 Tbsp Corn starch
Instructions
- In a large bowl, mix corn starch, water, egg, and salt to make the batter. Let the batter sit while you cut the chicken breasts into bite-sized pieces, ~1.5-inch cubes. Place the cut chicken pieces in the batter and stir to coat.
- Pour vegetable or canola oil into a pan or a skillet until to a depth of at least 1.5 inches. Heat the oil to 325°F. Gently drop the battered chicken pieces in the hot oil. Fry the chicken in batches for 10 minutes per batch, or until the chicken is cooked through to 165°F. Remove the fried chicken pieces and place them on a sheet pan with wire rack or a plate lined with paper towels to remove the excess oil.
- While the chicken is frying, make the sweet and sour sauce. Small dice the bell peppers and onion. Once the vegetables are prepared, add them to a pan or a pot with 1/4 cup water, sugar, vinegar, soy sauce, and oyster sauce. Cook the sweet and sour sauce over medium heat for 2 minutes.
- Mix 2 Tbsp of water and 2 Tbsp of cornstarch in a cup. Then, pour the cornstarch mixture into the sauce and stir immediately. Cook for 2 additional minutes, stirring as the cornstarch thickens the sauce.
- Once all the chicken is fried and the sauce is ready, toss the chicken in the sweet and sour sauce. Sprinkle some chopped scallions and serve.