Oven Baked Sweet and Sour Chicken

I made this recipe a while back and it was a huge success. I love Chinese food, but we've been trying to spend less so eating out had to go. When I friend of mine shared this recipe from Pinterest I just had to try it. You can find the recipe here.


Baked Sweet and Sour Chicken with Fried Rice (adapted from Life as a Lofthouse)
For the Chicken:

3 boneless chicken breasts

1 t. salt

1 t. black pepper

1 c. cornstarch

2 eggs, beaten

3 T. olive oil

For the sauce:

1/3 c. sugar

4 T. ketchup

1/2 c. vinegar

2 T. honey

1 T. soy sauce

1 t. garlic salt

1 t. black pepper

1.  Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

2.   Rinse the chicken breasts and cut into cubes. Season with the salt and pepper.  Pour the cornstarch into a shallow dish and the beaten eggs in another shallow dish.  Dip the chicken into the cornstarch and then dip into the eggs.  

3.  Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium high heat.  Cook the chicken until browned but not cooked through. Place the chicken in a 9x13 greased baking dish. 

4.  Mix all of the ingredients for the  sweet and sour sauce in a bowl. Whisk until well combined and then pour evenly over the chicken. Bake for 30 minutes turning once.  Increase the oven temperature to 400 degrees.  Turn the chicken again and continue cooking for 15 minutes. Remove from oven and serve with rice.

 

In truth I liked this even more then the take-out version, I hope you enjoy it too.

 

Mangia!