4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
Cooking oil
Rice
Sauce
1 8 ounce can pineapple chunks (with juice)
1/3 Cup of granulated sugar
1/4 cup white vinegar
2 Tablespoons cornstarch
2 Tablespoons soy sauce
1 teaspoon (or one cube) instant chicken bouillon
Breading
1 beaten egg
1/4 Cup cornstarch
1/4 Cup all-purpose flour
1/4 Cup of water
1/8 teaspoon black or white pepper
1/8 Teaspoon garlic powder (optional)
- Cut meat into small pieces (make size to your liking, but no bigger than 3/4 inch cubes).
- Heat cooking oil in deep skillet to 365 degrees Farenheit.
- Cook rice.
- In medium bowl combine breading ingredients and stir until smooth.
- Dip chicken pieces in batter mix.
- Fry chicken in hot oil (about one quarter of the batch at a time) for 3-4 minutes on each side, or until batter is golden.
- Drain on paper towels.
- While chicken is cooking, get out medium sauce pan.
- Drain pineapple, reserving the juice.
- Add enough water to the juice to equal 1 1/2 cups of liquid.
- Stir in sugar, vinegar, and 2 tablespoons of cornstarch, soy sauce, and bouillon.
- Make sure mixture is well blended.
- Heat over low-medium heat until sauce begins to thicken.
- Be sure to stir occassionally so the sauce does not burn.
- Once sauce is thickened, add pineapple chunks.
- Serve chicken and sauce over rice.
**for a heavier meal, stir fry vegetables like carrots, onions, peppers, water chestnuts, etc, and mix with chicken and sauce.
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