Baked Sweet and Sour Chicken Recipe
This Baked Sweet and Sour Chicken tastes good enough to come from a restaurant but you don't even have to leave the house to get it!
Serving8 servings
Ingredients
Chicken
- 6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 cup cornstarch
- 4 eggs, beaten
- ¼ cup canola oil
Sweet and Sour Sauce
- 1 cup sugar
- 4 Tablespoon ketchup
- ¼ cup white vinegar
- ¼ cup apple cider vinegar
- 1 Tablespoon low sodium soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon garlic salt
- 3 cups rice , cooked
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325℉.
- Cut chicken breasts into bite-sized pieces and season with salt and pepper.
- Place cornstarch and beaten eggs in separate bowls.
- Dip chicken into cornstarch, and then coat in egg mixture (yes, you really do dip in the corn starch first.)
- Heat canola oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat and cook chicken until browned.
- Place the chicken in a 9 x 13 greased baking dish.
- In a medium sized mixing bowl, whisk together sugar, ketchup, vinegars, soy sauce, and garlic salt.
- Pour over chicken and bake for one hour.
- Serve over cooked rice.
Notes
In a pinch you can use regular flour instead of cornstarch
Nutrition
Calories: 613 kcal · Carbohydrates: 97 g · Protein: 26 g · Fat: 12 g · Saturated Fat: 2 g · Trans Fat: 1 g · Cholesterol: 136 mg · Sodium: 561 mg · Potassium: 458 mg · Fiber: 1 g · Sugar: 27 g · Vitamin A: 183 IU · Vitamin C: 1 mg · Calcium: 39 mg · Iron: 1 mg