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 close to the imperial palace. Today they like to cook such dishes in many countries and despite the fact that the recipe has undergone some changes, traditionally sugar and apple cider vinegar are still used in it.

Chinese style sweet and sour chicken

As you know, Chinese chefs love to use a variety of additives, spices and sauces in the preparation of their dishes. As a rule, they immediately take three types of dressing, which give the finished dish 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 of tomato paste;
  • Apple vinegar;
  • salt pepper.

Cooking method:

  1. In a deep bowl we put the chicken sticks, pour in two tablespoons of soya seasoning, drive in the proteins, add two tablespoons of starch, add salt and pepper. 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. To taste, put vinegar, salt and pour a little water.
  3. In heated oil, fry the meat to a delicious crust. Then pour the sauce, simmer chicken for another five minutes and remove from heat.

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. Thanks to an unusual sauce, chicken with vegetables acquires 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 of starch;
  • sesame (vegetable) oil;
  • 20 ml of honey;
  • salt, spices, chili peppers.

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 none in the house, then we cut it into strips. Sweet pepper is also cut into strips, and we simply crush the chili, not forgetting to remove the seeds.
  4. We send the prepared vegetables to the meat and pickle all the ingredients for another half hour.
  5. In a hot skillet with oil, spread the meat with vegetables and marinade, pour in a little water and start frying.
  6. After 15 minutes, pour in the starch, mix the products and simmer the almost finished dish over low heat for another 10 minutes.

Thai Chicken Fillet

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

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

Ingredients:

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

Cooking method:

  1. In hot oil, overcook chicken pieces for three minutes on each side.
  2. Prepare a sauce of freshly squeezed orange juice, vinegar, soya seasoning, zest, chili, dried ginger and curry. The prepared mixture is sent to the meat, mix.
  3. We dilute starch in two tablespoons of water, pour into the pan to the remaining ingredients, where we cook until the sauce thickens.
  4. Ready meat with a bright spicy citrus aroma and taste is served with rice or bulgur.

Oven baking recipe

If you cannot cook meat outdoors, 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 such a recipe in the oven will in no way yield to barbecue dishes.

Ingredients:

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

Cooking method:

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

With honey

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

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

Ingredients:

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

Cooking method:

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

Cooking with Pineapples

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

Ingredients:

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

Cooking method:

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

Sweet and Sour Chicken with Rice

Chicken stewed in sweet and sour sauce, goes well with cereals, especially rice. Please your family with an unusual, but quite affordable, Chinese cuisine.

Ingredients:

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

Cooking method:

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

How to cook in a slow cooker

Sweet and sour sauce has some similarities with tkemali sauce. Therefore, today we will try to combine Chinese and Georgian cuisines. It will turn out quite tasty and healthy, since we will prepare the dish in a slow cooker.

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

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

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