Muzen
Sweet and Sour Chicken
⏲ Prep: 30 minutes
⏲ Cook: 20 minutes
⏲ Total: 50 minutes
👨🍳 4 servings
A modern take on the typical Chinese dish, perfect for themed dinner parties!
Ingredients
Batter
- 250gr / 2 cups flour
- 2 tbsp oil
- 2 tbsp cornstarch
- 1 egg
- 250ml / 3/2 cups water
- 350gr chicken breast
Sweet and sour sauce
- 250gr / 8oz canned pineapple chunks (keep the juice!)
- 30gr / 1/4 cup cornstarch
- 350ml / 3/2 cups water
- 85ml / 1/4 cup honey
- 120ml / 1/2 cup white vinegar
- 1 green bell pepper
- 1 red bell pepper
Instructions
Chicken and batter
- Combine the flour, vegetable oil, cornstarch and egg. Slowly mix in the water. Add some salt and pepper when you get a thick batter
- Cut the chicken breasts in small cubes and coat them with the batter
- Fry the chicken in hot oil and drain the oil
Sweet and sour sauce
- In a saucepan or wok, combine the water, vinegar, pineapple chunks and pineapple juice
- Slowly mix in the honey and cornstarch
- Turn the heat down when the sauce starts boiling and stir until the consistency is thick enough
- Cut the bell peppers in small cubes and fry them separately for 5 minutes
- Add the bell peppers to the sauce just before serving