First post: Sweet and Sour Chicken

Alright here is my first post. I am excited to start this blog. Keep in mind my picture quality is not always that fantastic since I have a lower-grade camera, but I will try my best and I hope you enjoy these recipes that I post.

This first one was a recipe from the blog Life as a Lofthouse.( http://life-as-a-lofthouse.blogspot.com/2010/09/baked-sweet-and-sour-chicken-with-fried.html ) She has much better pictures than I do, and the last of when I cooked the chicken looked a little messy, so I used hers. She also has an awesome fried rice recipe. I may post my own version of it on here someday, but as for now I will just do the chicken.

This recipe is not the quickest as it takes a little over an hour to cook (I mean, it's chicken). However, other than it being a little time consuming, it's very easy! And it tastes so divine (Heads up, I use that word a lot for really good recipes, so be ready.) All you need:


Baked Sweet and Sour Chicken

The chicken coating:

3-4 boneless chicken breasts
salt + pepper
1 cup cornstarch
2 eggs, beaten
1/4 cup canola oil


The sweet and sour sauce:

3/4 cup sugar
4 tbs ketchup
1/2 cup vinegar
1 tbs soy sauce
1 tsp garlic salt
And about a Tbsp of honey for a thicker texture and an extra sweetener

       Start by preheating your oven to 325 degrees. Rinse your chicken breasts in water and then cut into cubes. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Dip chicken into the cornstarch to coat then dip into the eggs.  Heat your 1/4 cup oil in a large skillet and cook your chicken (after being dipped in cornstarch and eggs) until browned but not cooked through. Place the chicken in a 9x13 greased baking dish. Mix all of your sweet and sour sauce ingredients in a bowl with a whisk and then pour evenly over the chicken. Bake for one hour and during the baking process you will need to turn the chicken every 15 minutes.

Here are some pictures of the process. I am still new to all this so I didn't have pictures of every step, but the directions pretty well explain everything.

Whisking together the sauce ingredients

Once it is well mixed, it will look like this. After making this for the first time, I realized the sauce seemed a little runny. I added about a tablespoon of honey for a thicker texture and as an extra sweetener.

Cook the chicken on a skillet until it is slightly golden brown and the chicken is slightly cooked. *Note, for any students out there or people living on their own, I used 2 large chicken breasts, so I had a some left over for later.

Drizzle on the sauce

I also added some dried minced onion as well as salt and pepper before placing the pan into the oven.

Cook for an hour, gently mixing and turning once every 15 minutes, and voila!! (again, not the best quality camera, so I posted the picture of the original blogger's result). I also had a little more sauce since I used less chicken. Trust me this was pure deliciousness.