Sweet & Sour Chicken

I am SO excited to share this recipe with you.  We LOVED it!!!

 

I have tried a couple of different sweet & sour recipes on pinterest.  They have all been...just okay.  Nothing amazing.  I had pinned this recipe a while ago and found it on my board last week.  I decided I was ready to try another sweet & sour chicken recipe.  And I am so glad that I did.  I have to say that I have never tried this dish at the Lion House so, I don't know how it truly compares.  But either way it is oh, so good!

 

It has a nice little kick to it, which my hubby liked.  The leftovers the next day were just as yummy.  We had baked potato's and ended up putting some of the sauce on the potato.  I could go on and on, but I won't.  Go try it for your self.

 

 

 

Sweet & Sour Chicken (from the Lion House)

 

 

Mix into a medium bowl:

2 teaspoon garlic salt

1 teaspoon black pepper
7 tablespoons cornstarch or flour
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 cup vinegar
1 cup chicken Broth
7 tablespoons ketchup
2 tablespoon soy sauce
7 to 8 boneless, skinless chicken breasts

 

Sprinkle chicken with garlic salt & pepper. Let stand for 5-10 minutes.

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

Layer raw chicken breasts in glass dish (9×13). Mix all sauce ingredients in bowl, with wire wisk.

Pour directly over chicken breasts.

Bake uncovered at 325 for about 1 1/2 hours, or until sauce is thick and dark in color.

Remember this is the color of the sauce before it is cooked. The sauce will thicken & the color will darken greatly. It will be similar to thick barbeque sauce.

*Here are my notes:
       -I used frozen, chicken tenders.  And I only did 6 tenders.  It worked just fine.  I did have a lot of sauce, but it wasn't a big deal because we ended up putting it on our potatoes.
      -I didn't cook my chicken the whole hour and half.  I probably could have.  My sauce wasn't as dark as it probably should have been, but my kids were hungry and we couldn't wait any longer.  Even not letting the sauce get a dark color, it was still pretty thick and still delicious!
     -If you go to the website there are actually two versions of this.  One version involves browning the chicken on the stove before you bake it.  She said if she is in a hurry she skips that step.  I didn't even want to take the time to brown so, I just baked mine and it was perfect.  So, if you are interested in that step go check it out.

Original recipe found here.

 

-Brooke

 

I have a lot of recipes piling up that I have tried.  So, you may see a couple of posts from me. :)