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Easy Sweet and Sour Chicken
Prep
10 mins
Cook
15 mins
Servings
4
Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients
- 33 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon salt½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper½ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 11 pound skinless, boneless chicken breast halves, cut into 1-inch cubes
- 33 tablespoons vegetable oil, divided
- 33 celery ribs, sliced
- 22 green bell peppers, diced
- 11 onion, chopped
- ½ cup ketchup½ cup ketchup
- ½ cup lemon juice½ cup lemon juice
- ½ cup crushed pineapple with syrup½ cup crushed pineapple with syrup
- ⅓ cup packed brown sugar⅓ cup packed brown sugar
Instructions
- 1
Combine flour, garlic powder, salt, and black pepper in a shallow dish.
- 2
Roll and coat chicken cubes in flour mixture.
- 3
Heat 2 tablespoons vegetable oil in a skillet over medium-high heat.
- 4
Cook and stir chicken in hot oil until not longer pink in the center and juices run clear, 8 to 10 minutes; remove and set aside.
- 5
Heat 1 tablespoon vegetable oil in the same skillet over medium heat.
- 6
Cook and stir celery, green peppers, and onion in heated oil until slightly tender, about 5 minutes.
- 7
Return chicken to the skillet.
- 8
Whisk ketchup, lemon juice, pineapple, and brown sugar in a bowl; pour into the skillet; bring to a boil.
- 9
Cook and stir chicken and vegetables in sauce until heated through, 2 to 3 minutes.
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