Sweet-and-Sour Chicken
Put your Chinese delivery guy on notice. This veggie-heavy sweet and sour dish will make you think twice about take-out.
- 4 tbsp vegetable oil
- 8 oz diced chicken breast
- 2/3 cup carrot matchsticks
- 1 cup trimmed green beans
- 1 cup sliced baby corn
- 2 tbsp sliced green onions
- 1 cup white rice
- 1 egg yolk
- 1½ tbsp corn starch
- 1 tbsp milk
- Black pepper
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 4 tbsp chicken stock
- 2 tbsp rice wine vinegar
- 2 tbsp ketchup
- 2 tbsp superfine sugar
Cook the rice according to the directions on the package.
Make the sauce by mixing together the sauce ingredients (soy sauce, chicken stock, rice wine vinegar, ketchup and superfine sugar) in a bowl.
Beat together the batter ingredients (egg yolk, corn starch, milk and black pepper) in another bowl.
Dip the chicken in batter, then fry it in 2 tablespoons of oil over medium heat. Remove from pan.
Next, stir-fry the carrots, baby corn and beans in the remaining 2 tablespoons of oil for 4 minutes.
Add the sauce and boil for 1 minute. Then add the chicken and green onions and heat through.
Dish it up. Spoon a helping of sweet-and-sour chicken on top of a bed of rice.
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