Sweet And Sour Chicken
Serves
- chicken, cut into bite-sized pieces
- Marination
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper powder
- Batter
- 3 tbsp maida/all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp cornflour
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- egg white of 1 egg
- 4 tbsp chilled water
- Sweet & Sour Sauce
- 4 tbsp tomato ketchup
- 3 tbsp sugar
- 3 tbsp white vinegar
- 3/4 tsp dark soy sauce
- Other
- 70 g green bell peppers, cubed
- 70 g red bell peppers, cubed
- oil (1/2 tbsp + more for deep frying)
Preparation:
- Wash and leave the chicken pieces/fillets to drain.
- Pat dry if required and cut them into bite sized pieces. You could use a mix of boneless dark and white meat, makes the chicken pieces moist and juicy.
- Marinate with salt and pepper powder and set aside for 20 mins.
- Add all the ingredients of the sweet and sour sauce in a small bowl and give a mix. Set aside for use later.
- Prepare the batter/mix as per ingredients specified above.
Process:
- Heat oil for deep frying in a skillet or wok or kadai.
- Once the oil is medium hot, dip the marinated chicken pieces in the batter and drop them in oil side by side to not crowd the pan.
- Fry the chicken pieces on medium heat for 1 minute without turning them.
- After that keep turning & frying the pieces for another 4-5 mins till golden in colour. Take it out & repeat the same with the next batch.
- Now take a wok or kadai and add 1/2 tbsp oil.
- Keep it on high heat and add the cubed peppers. Stir fry on high heat for 1 minute and then add the sweet & sour sauce. Mix and continue to fry on high heat for another minute till the sauce is cooked and thick.
- Now add the fried chicken pieces, give a mix and continue to stir fry to coat the chicken pieces well with the sauce. This should take around 2 mins.
- Serve with noodles or fried rice.