Sweet and sour chicken is the most popular and ancient Chinese dish. Previously, it was served only to the emperor, and the secret of cooking was known only to those close to the imperial palace. Today, such a dish is loved to cook in many countries, and despite the fact that the recipe has undergone some changes, traditionally it still uses sugar and apple cider vinegar.

As you know, Chinese chefs love to use a variety of additives, spices and sauces in their dishes. As a rule, they take three types of dressing at once, which endow the finished dish with an unusual combination of different tastes. And now we also offer a recipe using several dressings. So, Chinese chicken in sweet and sour sauce.

Ingredients:

• 550 g chicken fillet;
• two eggs;
• four tablespoons of granulated sugar, starch, soy sauce;
• 50 g tomato paste;
• apple vinegar;
• salt pepper.

Cooking method:

1. Put the chicken pieces into a deep bowl, pour in two tablespoons of soy sauce, drive in the proteins, add two tablespoons of starch, salt and pepper. We mix the composition and leave the meat to marinate for 50 - 60 minutes.
2. Cooking the sauce. To do this, mix the remaining soy seasoning and starch with pasta and granulated sugar. Add vinegar, salt to taste and pour in a little water.
3. Fry the meat in heated oil until it is delicious. Then pour in the sauce, simmer the chicken for another five minutes and remove from heat.

Cooking recipe with vegetables

For cooking meat in sweet and sour sauce, pork is usually used, but you can take a more tender and dietary product. For example, chicken fillet. Thanks to the unusual sauce, chicken with vegetables gets a non-standard, but very pleasant taste.

Ingredients:

• 450 chicken fillets;
• two to three sweet fleshy peppers;
• two onions;
• three cloves of garlic;
• ginger;
• half a cup of soy sauce;
• 20 g starch;
• sesame (vegetable) oil;
• 20 ml of honey;
• salt, spices, chili.

Cooking method:

1. The first step is to prepare the meat sauce. To do this, combine soy seasoning with honey, chopped onions, chopped ginger, garlic and salt.
2. Cut the chicken into thin long slices and dip in the marinade for half an hour.
3. Three carrots on a Korean grater. If there is no one in the house, then we cut it into strips. We also cut the sweet pepper into strips, and just crush the chili, not forgetting to remove the seeds.
4. We send the prepared vegetables to the meat and marinate all the ingredients for another half hour.
5. Put the meat with vegetables and marinade in a hot skillet with butter, pour in a little water and start frying.
6. After 15 minutes, add starch, mix the food and simmer the almost finished dish over low heat for another 10 minutes.

Chicken fillet in Thai

Thai cuisine is a combination of bitter, sweet, sour and salty tastes. Those who have traveled the world have repeatedly noted that it is Thai cuisine that is the most unpredictable, unusual and rich.

And now we will show you how to prepare one of the most popular Thai dishes available for home cooking. Here is a recipe for Thai chicken fillet.

Ingredients:

• 550 g of poultry meat;
• a spoonful of honey, rice vinegar, starch and orange peel;
• 80 ml orange juice;
• three tablespoons of soy sauce;
• garlic clove;
• two tablespoons of olive oil;
• curry, ginger.

Cooking method:

1. Fry the chicken pieces in hot oil for three minutes on each side.
2. Prepare a sauce with freshly squeezed orange juice, vinegar, soy sauce, zest, chili, dried ginger and curry. We send the prepared mixture to the meat, mix.
3. We dilute the starch in two tablespoons of water, pour into the pan to the rest of the ingredients, where we cook until the sauce thickens.
4. Serve cooked meat with a bright spicy citrus aroma and taste with rice or bulgur.

Oven baking recipe

If you are unable to cook meat outdoors, then bake it in the oven, but be sure to use sweet and sour sauce in the recipe.

As a result, the taste and aroma of chicken cooked according to this recipe in the oven is in no way inferior to barbecue dishes.

Ingredients:

• chicken drumsticks;
• 150 ml pineapple juice;
• two tablespoons of soy and hot sauces;
• two cloves of garlic;
• two tablespoons of rice vinegar;
• two tablespoons of fresh ginger;
• a spoon with a slide of starch;
• half a cup of sugar;
• 50 g flour;
• salt.

Cooking method:

1. Cover the baking sheet with paper, lay out the chicken drumsticks and bake them in the oven at 220 degrees, first 20 minutes on one side, and then 10 minutes on the other.
2. In a deep bowl, mix all the liquid ingredients for the sauce, add chopped garlic, chopped ginger, salt and sugar. Cook the contents of the container over low heat for half an hour.
3. We take out the chicken legs from the oven, pour the marinade over them and bake for another 20 minutes.

With the addition of honey

Chinese chefs use a wide variety of ingredients to make sauces and marinades. But you yourself can adjust the taste.

So by adding more honey, you get more sweetness, and vinegar can regulate the acid.

Ingredients:

• 300 g chicken breast;
• three carrots and one onion;
• three cloves of garlic;
• h. l. honey;
• 60 ml soy sauce;
• three tablespoons of starch;
• h. l. vinegar.

Cooking method:

1. Marinate the chicken pieces in soy sauce and fry in oil for 20 minutes.
2. We spread strips of carrots to the meat, and then add starch, which was previously dissolved in water.
3. It remains to add chopped onions and garlic, pour in vinegar and add honey. Stir the composition and after five minutes remove the dish from the heat.

Cooking with pineapple

Chicken in sweet and sour sauce with pineapple is a dish that cooks quickly and eats just as quickly. You can cook it both in a frying pan and in the oven. We also offer our own recipe for baked chicken meat with exotic fruit and unusual sauce.

Ingredients:

• chicken;
• two cloves of garlic;
• half a cup of soy sauce, ketchup and wine vinegar;
• pineapple rings (conservation);
• 60 ml of honey.

Cooking method:

1. For the sauce, mix all the ingredients and pour the chicken over it.
2. Put the meat on the foil together with the marinade, put the rings of the exotic fruit, wrap and put in the oven for an hour, temperature 200 degrees.
3. If you want to get a chicken with a golden brown crust, then 15 minutes before the end of the process, slightly open the foil.

Sweet and sour chicken with rice

Chicken stewed in sweet and sour sauce goes well with cereals, especially rice. Delight your family with an unusual, yet affordable, Chinese meal.

Ingredients:

• 400 g chicken fillet;
• 150 ml soy sauce;
• 120 ml of apple cider vinegar;
• 30 g of tomato paste;
• 200 g pineapples;
• two tomatoes;
• bell pepper;
• any sweetener (sugar or honey).

Cooking method:

1. Put thin meat pieces into a container. Pepper them, sprinkle with six tablespoons of soy sauce and leave to soak.
2. Prepare the dressing in a deep skillet. To do this, pour in the remaining soy seasoning, vinegar and put in tomato paste. Warm up the mixture and add any sweetener.
3. Now we put in the resulting composition strips of red pepper, tomato and pieces of fruit. Pour in water and taste - if it comes out too sour, add more sugar or honey. Cook for ten minutes, the sauce should be moderately thick.
4. Put the fried chicken pieces into the finished dressing, cook them for another ten minutes, then turn off the heat and serve the dish with boiled rice groats.





Ingredients:

• chicken fillet;
• 220 g of red and white cherry plum;
• five cloves of garlic;
• 120 ml of dry red wine;
• bulb;
• salt, pepper, anise (seeds).

Cooking method:

1. Cut the chicken fillet into pieces and fry in oil in the "Fry" mode for 8 minutes.
2. Then add the plates of garlic and half rings of onion to the meat, cook the vegetables until soft.
3. Pour in wine, add spices, set a grid for steamed dishes on top. We spread the cherry plum on it and turn on the "Quenching" mode for 45 minutes.
4. 10 minutes after the start of cooking, we take out the already soft fruit, knead it and send it to the meat. Continue cooking until you hear a beep.

Sweet and sour sauce is the most important component of the dish. Its taste depends on the combination of different products taken in a certain ratio. If the proportions are violated, then the sauce will be different to taste or completely tasteless. Therefore, the most important thing is to follow the recipe exactly.

A hearty Chinese-style dish made with chicken breast or thigh fillets. You can also take wings or legs for him. The pieces are marinated in spices, soy sauce and herbs. The meat is fried in vegetable oil with onions, carrots, bell peppers, beans. Sometimes canned pineapple slices, apples or nuts are added to the fillet.

Five quickest sweet and sour Chinese chicken fillet recipes:

You can buy sweet and sour sauce at your supermarket or online store. If desired, it is prepared independently from simple ingredients: ketchup, honey, water, starch, soy sauce, apple cider vinegar. For taste, hot peppers, garlic, herbs are added to it.

Before serving, the dish is garnished with black or white sesame seeds.

How to Cook Chicken in Sweet and Sour Sauce Chinese

A bright dish is prepared on the stove, in a slow cooker or in an oven.

The five lowest calorie sweet and sour Chinese chicken recipes:

1. Poultry fillets are cut into long thin slices or cubes. For the marinade, take soy sauce, mix it with chopped garlic, ginger, and basil. The fillet is combined with the sauce and sent to the refrigerator for 20-30 minutes. Whole chicken pieces are marinated for 2-3 hours.
2. Sweet peppers and onions are cut into strips, carrots are grated for Korean vegetables. The products are fried separately in a hot skillet or in a wok until golden brown. It is important not to overexpose the meat, otherwise it will lose its juiciness. Canned pineapple juice is added to vegetables for taste.
3. To make a sweet and sour dressing, mix soy sauce, apple cider vinegar, starch, and water in a bowl. Sugar or honey is added to it.
4. The products are combined in a frying pan, poured over with sauce and stewed for 10-15 minutes over medium heat. At the very end, sprinkle with sesame seeds.
5. Freshly squeezed orange juice gives the dish an original taste. It is added to the pan 10 minutes before cooking.
6. You can add vermicelli or funchose to the chicken pan.

The treat goes well with boiled rice, mashed potatoes and stewed vegetables.

A delicious dish is prepared for lunch or dinner.

Chicken in sweet and sour Chinese sauce with pineapples is a delicate, juicy dish with a rich exquisite taste. You may have tried it in a restaurant. Or they cooked at home, but with apples. Today we will try to make a basic and simplest recipe at home - we will combine chicken fillet, pineapples and several additional "Chinese" accents: ginger, garlic, peppers, tomato sauce, soy sauce. It will not be exactly the same as in a Chinese restaurant, but it will definitely not disappoint.

Cooking time: 20 minutes / Servings: 2

Ingredients

• chicken fillet 600 g
• canned pineapples 250 g
• ginger slice 3 cm
• 1 clove garlic
• hot pepper to taste
• ch.m. pepper taste
• starch 2 tbsp. l. with a slide
• tomato sauce 1 tbsp l. with a slide
• soy sauce 2 tbsp l.
• salt optional
• vegetable oil 2 tbsp

Preparation

Wash the chicken fillet, dry it, cut off excess fat, clean it from the films. Cut into small cubes, roll in starch. The easiest way to do this is with a plastic bag. To do this, put the chopped fillet in a bag, add starch there and shake well a couple of times. All pieces will be evenly rolled in starch, and the excess will remain at the bottom of the bag.



Pour vegetable oil into a frying pan, heat it up and fry fillet pieces from all sides until golden brown.



Add sliced \u200b\u200bpineapples to the meat along with juice and tomato sauce. If the pineapple juice is too sweet, or the tomato sauce is not sour enough, add some white balsamic vinegar to taste.



Then add soy sauce, stir and cook over medium heat for 10 minutes.



After a while, we throw in the same pressed or finely grated garlic, ginger, finely chopped hot pepper and freshly ground black pepper. Cook for another 5 minutes. If you want, you can add salt to the dish, but if you have soy sauce, you don't have to.



Remove the pan from the stove, cover with a lid, let the dish brew for 10 minutes so that all the juices and tastes are mixed.



Boil rice and serve chicken with it in sweet and sour sauce with pineapple.

Surely many have tried Peking (or Chinese) chicken in sweet and sour sauce with pineapple slices in Chinese restaurants. Sometimes you want to repeat something like this at home and not be disappointed. A step-by-step recipe for cooking sweet and sour chicken with Peking pineapple will help you with this.

Ingredients for the recipe for chicken in sweet and sour sauce with pineapple:

• Chicken fillet (breast) - 0.5 kg
• Sweet Bulgarian pepper - 2 pcs. (bigger and better)
• Canned pineapple (pieces) - 1 can (200 g) You can also use fresh - 1 pc.
• Soy sauce
• Lean oil - for frying
• Starch - 2 tbsp. spoons
• Flour - 1 tbsp. the spoon
• Ketchup (or tomato paste) - 2 tbsp spoons
• Apple cider vinegar - 1 tbsp the spoon
• Sugar or honey - 2 tbsp. spoons (in case you are using water, not pineapple syrup)
• Ginger (root) - 30 g (to taste, optional ingredient)
• Good mood, wok-pan and Chinese chopsticks to boot! 😉

How to cook sweet and sour chicken

1. Cut the chicken into small pieces. Put it in a deep plate or cup and fill it with soy sauce so that it slightly covers the sliced \u200b\u200bchicken fillet. We give the chicken to marinate for half an hour or an hour.
   
2. Add 1 tbsp to the chicken. a spoonful of starch and 1 tbsp. a spoonful of flour. Mix thoroughly so that all the pieces are covered with a homogeneous mass. This is a kind of batter.
   
3. Heat the vegetable oil in a frying pan so that the smoke goes slightly. I used a 1: 1 mixture of olive oil and sunflower oil. Pour more oil into the frying pan so that it covers the chicken pieces. If you have a deep fryer, you can use it to roast chicken. So, put the chicken in small portions in boiling oil and fry, constantly turning, for 3-5 minutes.
   
4. Put the finished portions of fried chicken on a dry, clean plate and let drain. You can put a couple of sheets of paper towel at the bottom of the plate. Here's what happens after frying the chicken pieces:
   
5. Now you can start making the sweet and sour sauce. Pour some oil into the pan. Let's warm it up. Peel the bell pepper, cut into large pieces and fry in a pan, stirring constantly. We do this for a short time - a minute, another. The pepper should not be too soft.
   
6. Add peeled and grated ginger root, apple cider vinegar, half a glass of boiled water, pineapple pieces to the peppers. In this case, water can be replaced with juice containing pineapples - it won't get any worse, believe me! And if you are using plain water, then you need to add 2 tbsp. tablespoons of sugar. Mix everything thoroughly. Simmer for 2-3 minutes. You can add a finely chopped clove of garlic - it will not spoil the taste, but it will add flavor - it's checked!
   
7. Add 2 tbsp. spoons of ketchup (you can also use tomato paste) and a tablespoon of starch to thicken the sauce and become more transparent. Mix thoroughly. The sauce is ready. It remains to add the chicken.
   
8. Add the chicken and gently stir the entire contents of the pan so that the chicken is soaked in the sauce. Then you can reduce the heat, cover the dish and simmer for 2-3 minutes.
   
9. We open the lid. Let's see what happened before serving:
   
10. So, Peking chicken in sweet and sour sauce with pineapples is ready! We serve the dish beautifully, putting it on the plates. It is better if the plates are large, square and white, and we put the chicken in the very center - a win-win option to surprise the guests! All that remains is to arm everyone with chopsticks and enjoy a delicious Chinese dish.
    

Bon appetit and culinary success!

I express special gratitude for the photo to this recipe.

What associations do you get in your head when you hear the phrase "Asian cuisine"? First of all, it is, of course, an infinite number of ways to cook rice, as well as dishes that harmoniously combine sour and sweet flavors, for example, Chinese chicken with pineapples. This dish is prepared quite often even in our country, and is the brightest representative of Asian cuisine.

Chicken with Chinese Pineapple Sauce

Ingredients

• - 2 pcs. + -
• Pineapples - 1/2 pcs. or 3-4 canned rings + -
• - 3-4 pcs. + -
• — for pickling (to taste) + -
• Pineapple juice - 1 tbsp + -
• Potato or corn starch - 4 tbsp. + -
• Tomato sauce - 2 tablespoons + -
• - 3 tbsp. + -
• - 1/2 tbsp. + -
• - 1/4 Art. + -
• - 2 tbsp. + -
• - 2 tbsp. + -
• - 2 pcs. + -
• - taste + -
• - taste + -

How to Cook Chinese Chicken in Pineapple Sauce

Wash, chop and marinate chicken in soy sauce

• Wash chicken fillet under running water, remove the film, fat, remove fragments of bones and connective tissues. After cleaning, rinse the meat in water again, and then cut into thin strips, or cut into small cubes.
• We send the chicken into a deep bowl, pour in the soy sauce, and mix. There should be enough sauce so that it envelops each piece, but the meat does not float in it. We put the bowl in the refrigerator, and we are engaged in other ingredients.

Fry the bell pepper and chop the pineapple

• Cut the pineapple into slices. If you purchased a pre-cut product, this makes cooking even easier. For fresh fruit, remove the peel and core, and then cut it in the same way.
• My sweet pepper, remove the seed part, and cut it into small cubes. We fry the pepper separately until soft, then set it aside.

Cooking sweet and sour sauce for dressing a dish

• Pour juice, wine vinegar and tomato sauce into a small saucepan. We put on medium heat and let it warm up.
• Mix separately one and a half glasses of water and 2 tbsp. starch, mix everything thoroughly.
• At this point, the sweet and sour sauce mixture should be boiling. Reduce the heat and gently pour in the starchy component, stirring constantly. As a result, we should get the consistency of a very liquid jelly.
• Turn off the heat, and set it aside, having previously added pineapples and sweet fried peppers into a saucepan.

Making an unusual chicken batter with pineapple

• Now let's make a batter for chicken: in it, the meat will retain its juiciness, and its taste will not mix with the sauce and other ingredients.
• We separate the white from the egg, since we do not need the yolk. Add flour, sunflower oil, corn (or potato) starch and a pinch of salt to it.
• Gradually pour in one and a half glasses of water so that the batter becomes of medium density, and mix well until smooth.

Fry marinated chicken in oil in a pan

• We take our chicken out of the marinade, and let the excess sauce drain a little. Carefully move the pieces of meat into the batter and mix - this will save a lot of time.
• Pour oil into a deep frying pan: there should be enough to cover the chicken pieces almost completely. The oil must be calcined over high heat.
• We spread a few pieces of chicken in the butter, after allowing the excess batter to drain. They should be browned in one layer. As soon as you notice that the surface of the pieces has turned golden - take out the batch and start the next one.

• Put the finished chicken pieces on paper napkins or a towel so that they absorb excess fat.
• Add the meat to the pineapple and pepper sauce, mix, and serve with rice or mashed potatoes.

The classic Chinese chicken recipe with pineapples

Undoubtedly, chicken with pineapple cooked according to the previous recipe turns out to be incredibly tasty and aromatic. However, modern realities are such that not everyone has the opportunity to cook separately sauce, batter, and then also engage in frying meat.

All this takes too much time, so we decided to bring to your attention another variation of an Asian delicacy, which will take you a maximum of half an hour to cook.

Ingredients

• Soy sauce - 4 tablespoons;
• Chicken fillet - 1.2 kg;
• Canned or fresh pineapple - 0.5 kg;
• Fresh ginger - a small piece;
• Garlic - 2-3 cloves;
• Powdered red chili pepper - 1 pinch;
• Corn or potato starch - 2 tablespoons;
• Tomato sauce - 2 tablespoons;
• Sunflower oil - for frying.

How to make Chinese chicken with pineapple in a pan

Preparing chicken meat for cooking

• We wash the fillets under running water, remove films, remnants of connective tissues, fat, and also remove fragments of bones or cartilage, if any.
• We cut the meat into small pieces, 1-2 centimeters in size, so the chicken will cook faster during frying.
• Pour potato or corn starch into a deep bowl, put our chicken here. Mix thoroughly so that the starch completely covers the pieces, creating a kind of starchy breading.

Fry chicken pieces with pineapple in a pan

• Pour sunflower oil into a deep, thick-walled frying pan, heat it until a characteristic white haze appears. As soon as you notice that the oil is hot, lay out the chicken pieces and fry, stirring occasionally, until a golden crust appears on the surface of each piece.
• Pineapple, if it has not yet been cut into small pieces, we cut it and send it to the meat (also pour the released juice into the pan). Add tomato sauce and mix everything.

Add spices and simmer the Chinese chicken until tender

• After a couple of minutes, pour in the soy sauce. As soon as the liquid in the pan has boiled, reduce the heat to medium, and simmer the dish for a few more minutes.
• Peel the ginger and rub it on a fine grater. We do the same with garlic, but if you wish, you can simply pass it through a special press.
• Put the food in the pan and add a pinch of red chili. You don't need to do this if you are not a keen addict.
• Mix everything, cover with a lid. We simmer our dish for another 5-10 minutes. Then we remove from the heat and set aside so that the food sweats a little more (10-15 minutes is enough for this).

While the Chinese style chicken with pineapple is infused, you can cook classic fried or boiled rice. First, a rice pad is laid on the dish, and on top of it is the meat stewed in sweet and sour sauce.