Sweet & Sour Chicken Recipe
Sweet and sour chicken is a typical Cantonese food that is often found on Chinese restaurant menus. Sweet and sour chicken is suitable as a side dish for warm rice.
Ingredients:
- 1 kilogram of chicken, cleaned, cut into small pieces
- 2 egg whites
- 300 grams of wheat flour
- 100 grams of sago flour
- Vegetable oil to taste, for frying
- 10 cloves of garlic
- 1 tablespoon pepper segment of ginger
- Salt
Sauce Ingredients:
- 3 tablespoons vegetable oil for frying
- 1 tablespoon margarine, for sauteing
- 10 red onions, finely sliced ​​- 8 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
- onion, sliced
- 3 red tomatoes, cut into pieces
- 500 ml of water
- 5 tablespoons of tomato sauce
- 3 large red chilies, seeds removed, sliced ​​lengthwise
- 10 pieces of cayenne pepper, cleaned - 2 spring onions, roughly chopped
- tablespoon pepper powder
- 1 tablespoon instant chicken flavored stock powder
- Salt to taste
- Sugar to taste
- teaspoon vinegar
- 3 tablespoons of sago flour, dissolved in a little water
- 1 pineapple, peeled, cut into medium dice
- 3 carrots, peeled, sliced ​​lengthwise like matchsticks, boiled briefly
- 100 grams of peas, clean, cut obliquely, boil briefly
- 1 cucumber, seeds removed, sliced ​​lengthwise
How to Cook:
1. Coat the chicken with the ground spices until well blended. Let stand for 20 minutes in the refrigerator until the flavors infuse.
2. Dip into egg white, roll in flour mixture and sago flour until evenly coated.
3. Fry the chicken in medium hot oil until cooked and golden brown. Lift and drain.
4. Then continue to make the sauce. Heat vegetable oil and margarine. Saute onion, garlic, and onion until fragrant. Add tomatoes, mix well.
5. Pour in the water, add the tomato sauce, pieces of red chili and cayenne pepper. Season with pepper, stock powder, sugar, salt, and vinegar. Cook until boiling.
6. Thicken with sago flour solution, mix well. Cook again until cooked. As soon as it will be removed, add the pineapple, carrots, peas, and cucumber. Stir well.
7. Pour the sweet and sour sauce over the fried chicken. Serve while warm.
source: https://www.kompas.com/food/read/2020/08/14/081200075/resep-ayam-asam-manis-masakan-chinese-food
