Name: Sweet and Sour Chicken with Fried Rice
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 75 min
Ingredients: 1/2 lb boneless chicken; Salt and pepper; 1/2 cup cornstarch; 1 egg (beaten); 2 Tablespoons canola oil; 1/3 cup sugar; 2 Tablespoons ketchup; 1/4 cup distilled white vinegar; 1/2 Tablespoon low sodium soy sauce; 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt; 1 1/2 cups cooked white rice (day old or leftover rice works best); 2 Tablespoons canola oil; 1/2 cup frozen peas and carrots; 1/2 medium onion (chopped); 1 teaspoon minced garlic; 1 egg (slightly beaten); 3 Tablespoons low sodium soy sauce

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This Sweet and Sour Chicken with Fried Rice is seriously the best! It’s super easy and so delicious. Moist and Tender diced chicken pieces are baked in a delicious sweet and tangy sauce and served with a simple homemade vegetable fried rice.

The best part is you can make it at home and skip running for takeout.

This recipe for two makes a great lunch, dinner, or date night meal.

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How to make Sweet and Sour Chicken Fried Rice

For the Chicken

Start by preheating your oven to 325° degrees F (160 C).

Cut the chicken into cubes and season with salt and pepper to taste. Dip the chicken into the cornstarch to coat and then dip into the egg. Click for a filet knife.

chicken and egg mixture in a dish with a spoon — Batter for sweet and sour chicken

Heat the 1/8 cup oil in a large skillet. Pour the whole dish of coated chicken into the pan. Fry chicken pieces just until slightly browned but not cooked through. Stir constantly, breaking apart the chicken pieces from each other. The mixture will look like scrambled eggs with chicken pieces in it. Don’t worry, you are doing it right!

chicken coated in egg mixture frying in a pan with wooden spoon

Place chicken in an 8 x 8-inch greased baking dish.

For the Sweet and Sour Sauce

Mix the sugar, ketchup, vinegar, soy sauce, and garlic salt in a bowl and whisk together. Pour the sauce evenly over the chicken. The sauce will be very fluid at this point but will thicken up and stick to the chicken as you bake and stir it.

chicken in a baking dish covered in homemade sweet and sour sauce

Bake the chicken for one hour, stirring the chicken every 15 minutes.

For the Fried Rice

Prepare the Fried Rice during the last 15-minute cycle of the chicken baking.

On medium high heat, heat the 2 tablespoons of oil in a large skillet or wok. Add the peas and carrots mix, onion and garlic. Stir fry until tender.

carrots, peas and onions cooking in a pan

Lower the heat to medium-low and push the mixture off to one side of the skillet, then pour the egg on the other side of skillet. Stir fry until scrambled.

eggs being scramble in half a pan and carrots, onions, and peas in the other half with wooden spoon

Now add the rice and soy sauce and blend all together well. Stir fry until heated through.

Serve with the Sweet and Sour Chicken and enjoy!

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Sweet and Sour Chicken with Fried Rice