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Recipe: sweet and sour chicken

Posted by spots (Singapore, Singapore) on 10 January 2007 in Food & Cuisine and Portfolio.

i must be eating too much chinese take-out, cos i suddenly developed a craving for sweet and sour chicken! here's my home-cooked version:

Combine 1tb light soy, 2tb tomato sauce (aka ketchup), 2tb rice wine vinegar and 1 tb sugar. Heat up the mixture lightly till warm & all the sugar is incorporated, then set aside. Use a kitchen scissors to cut about 250g (about half pound) of boneless chicken thigh meat into bite-sized cubes. In batches, dunk the meat cubes into a beaten egg & then douse in flour, before deep-frying till browned.* When done, mix the sauce into the chicken and serve immediately. Enjoy!

*It helps to have 2 bowls - one for the beaten egg and one for the flour. So, you basically dunk batches of meat into the egg bowl, then transfer to the flour bowl, then fry! To save on oil, you can also pan-fry the meat cubes on both sides till crispy brown. Just use enough oil to cover the bottom of the pan, and replace for the next batch if the oil runs out. Either way, the oil must be hot before you put in the chicken, otherwise the coating will become oily & soggy.
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