From stanleys@datasync.com Mon Aug 20 16:09:32 2001 Date: 19 Aug 2001 12:43:22 GMT From: Valerie Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes Subject: Sweet and Sour Chicken Followup-To: rec.food.cooking, rec.food.recipes Sweet and Sour Chicken Chicken: Boneless chicken breasts (about 5-6 halves) Flour Salt and pepper to taste Vegetable oil for browning Sauce: 1 16 ounce can pineapple slices 1 cup granulated sugar 2 Tbsp cornstarch 3/4 cup white vinegar 1 Tbsp soy sauce (I use the low sodium) 1/4 tsp. ground ginger 1 chicken bouillon cube 1-2 green bell peppers cut into thin slices Dust the chicken with a mixture of flour, salt and pepper. Brown in hot oil. Remove from the pan, cut the chicken into bite size pieces or just cut them in half. Drain and set aside. Drain the pineapple juice into a measuring cup and add enough water to make 2 cups (or add extra pineapple juice if you have it on hand). Combine the juice, sugar, corn starch, vinegar, soy sauce. ginger and chicken bouillon cube in a deep saucepan. Bring to a boil whisking this takes about 5 minutes to come to a boil. Remove from heat. Place the chicken in an oven proof casserole dish, pour the sauce over the chicken. Bake uncovered 1 hour at 300:. Remove from oven and top the chicken with the pineapple slices and the green peppers. Bake another 30 minutes. Serve with rice. -- ~~Rec.food.recipes is moderated; only recipes and recipe requests are accepted for posting. Please read the FAQ posted each week. Please send recipes, requests, questions or comments to recipes@rt66.com Please allow several days for your submission to appear.