Baked Sweet & Sour Chicken

I found this recipe awhile back and my family really loved it. I decided to make it again last night and about half way through the process, I thought I should share this!

One thing about this recipe. It can take awhile to get all the chicken ready, or at least it does me. I realize most people do not cook for a small army like I do but just wanted to warn you. This is not a hard recipe at all just can be time consuming if you are trying to make a lot at one time. I actually made enough of the chicken to freeze it already fried for the next time we want this so as to speed the process up a bit. You could even make the sauce up ahead of time a freeze it if you wanted.

This chicken is great for just about any kind of chicken dish. You can use it for sesame chicken, General Tso, even orange chicken. Its just a good basic chicken to keep on hand.

Hope y'all enjoy this as much as we did!



Baked Sweet and Sour Chicken

Chicken

3 to 4 boneless skinless chicken breast
salt & pepper to taste
1 cup cornstarch
2 eggs, beaten
canola oil

Sauce

1 cup granulated sugar
5 Tbsp ketchup
2/3 cup white vinegar
2 Tbsp soy sauce
2 tsp garlic powder


Rinse your chicken breast in cold water and place on a cutting board. Sprinkle them with the salt and pepper, cut into small pieces and set aside in a bowl.  Pour the cornstarch into a small bowl and the beaten eggs into another small bowl.

                                                 Told you I was half way through when I decided to blog this!
                                                                        Note the mess in the bowls! lol

In a large skillet, heat up about 1/4 inch of canola oil. Dip your chicken in the cornstarch 1st, then in the egg and place in the hot oil. Brown your chicken pieces on both sides and remove with a slotted spoon to a greased 9x13 pan, like so:

 

Once you get all your chicken browned, its time to make the sauce! In a small bowl, mix all the sauce ingredients together and make sure it is mixed well.  Pour the sauce over the chicken and stir it all around!

 

 

Now you will bake the chicken at 325 for 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes to coat the chicken evenly as it bakes.  It will look like this when its done:

Yummy, Yummy!!

 

Try this one out, I promise you will not be disappointed!

Wonder if God tells people to "Have A Six Flags Day?"

    
  A roller coaster. Yeah, that's what we'll call it, a roller coaster. My life is a roller coaster. I am not the biggest fan of the roller coaster to be honest but I have a few I like so maybe they aren't all bad. One curve after another followed by an upside down loop or two, some steep hills and low valleys pretty much sums up these last few months for me. Not sure the ride is over just yet either.

   We just keep putting our hands up for the ride attendant to check our safety harness as we go one more round on the coaster! All we can do I guess, make sure we are locked in and secure before we take off.

   I the last few months I have had some health issues, buried the one consistent person in my life, my Grandmother, had major family issues, major house issues and just generally had a crappy go of things. We are still standing, I am not sure some days how but the fact remains we are.  Just haven't had the heart to blog anything lately.


   I think God is kind of like our ride attendant. He never promises us an easy walk through the amusement park of life but He is the one who is there making sure we are secure in our seats! He is there at the beginning of the ride and at the end as well. He is also watching out for us all along the ride ready to come to our aid if we call out to Him. I hate to think how bad that ride would have been without Him.

  Maybe I am a little loopy making this comparison or maybe I just need a day at Six Flags, who knows? I just know its been crazy lately but it could have been so much worse and I thank God for getting us through the rough spots!

  Have a great day everyone and hopefully I will be cranking out some useful blogs again soon! 



Love You All,

Sandy