Easy Sweet and Sour Chicken. Quick and Easy Chinese Take-out from Home

Quick and delicious Chinese take-out style sweet and sour chicken at home! Give this recipe a try!

Sweet and Sour Chicken

serves 3 total cooking time 45 mins

chicken ingredients

• 4 chicken legs, remove skin and bone, cut into smaller pieces
• 1/2 cup cornstarch
• 1/2 cup flour
• 3/4 cup mineral water or regular water
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp pepper

sauce ingredients

• 1/2 cup ketchup
• 2 tbsp brown sugar
• 1 tsp sesame oil
• 3 tbsp water
• cooking oil

directions

1. preheat a wok or pot on medium/high, add cooking oil and prep for deep frying
2. in a medium bowl combine cornstarch, flour, salt, and mineral water, mix well
3. add chicken and drench well in the batter
4. in two batches, fry chicken until golden
5. remove and let the excess oil drain
6. in a medium saucepan, combine ketchup, brown sugar, sesame oil and water
7. cook on medium until well combined, add chicken
8. coat well, serve with jasmine rice or fried rice
9. garnish with sesame seeds
10. enjoy!

Happy Cooking!

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xx J