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Sweet and Sour Chicken and Vegetables

July 30, 2012 by Jeff Foster 1 Comment

Sweet and Sour Chicken and Vegetables

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Sweet and Sour Chicken and Vegetables

For all my childhood, I grew up enjoying the smell of mom’s sweet and sour chicken floating throughout the house. It was a fairly standard fare at the time without much experimentation, but when the meal was over, there were never any complaints or leftovers. During leaner times, we might use the dark meat cuts of chicken and more peppers and rice, but we hardly noticed at all. It was heaven on earth as far as I was concerned and my dad, siblings and I always wanted it more often than she could fix it.

Now it’s 2012, a long time since I left home, and my children get to enjoy that same lovely aroma. As it was cooking tonight, I could see little heads popping around the corner asking when supper was going to be ready. I tend to experiment with a broader range of ingredients a bit more than mom did, but one mouthful into this plate brought many wonderful memories of childhood. Our household has acquired a taste for a wide range of vegetables, so including them into a dish such as this is seldom ever even noticed. No one even guessed that jalapeno peppers were in it, but it was something new for me to include in the dish. It was a perfect match for us. After serving it tonight, there were smiles and compliments all around, but no leftovers.

There were several other additions that I didn’t grow up with, and you’ll see them in the recipe below:

Sweet and Sour Chicken and Vegetables
by CookingTF.com

Serves 4

1 pound of boneless and skinless chicken breast or thighs, cut into 1 inch cubes
1 egg white
2 teaspoons non-GMO cornstarch
1/2 teaspoon sea salt, divided
2 cups pineapple chunks
1/3 cup pineapple juice
1/3 cup white vinegar
1/3 cup ketchup
3-4 tablespoons rapadura
2 tablespoons coconut oil, divided
1-2 cups cauliflower chopped
2 colored peppers cut into 1-2 inch long strips
5-6 whole water chestnuts, sliced
5-6 small jalapeno peppers (seeds and membrane removed to reduce heat, if desired)
2 small carrots peeled and chopped
1-2 teaspoons finely chopped or grated fresh ginger

Preparation:

In a bowl, combine the chicken cubes with the egg white, 1/4 tsp salt and cornstarch. Stir to coat all pieces evenly and allow to sit at room temperature for 15-20 minutes or up to overnight in the refrigerator.

While you let the chicken sit, whisk together the pineapple juice, white vinegar, ketchup, remaining 1/4 tsp salt, and rapadura

Heat a wok or large frying pan over high heat until a drop of water immediately sizzles and starts to evaporate. Put in one tablespoon of oil, allowing it to heat and swirl it in the pan to coat it. The pan must be very hot, so don’t let the oil smoke before you start adding ingredients. Add in the chicken and spread it out in a single layer.  Let the chicken cook untouched for a full minute or until the bottoms start to brown.  Flip the chicken over and allow the other side to brown for a full minute.  The chicken will still be pink in the center and that is ok. Remove the chicken to a bowl or plate, leaving as much oil in the pan as you can.

Add the remaining oil and swirl it around in the pan.  Once the oil is heated thoroughly, add in the cauliflower and carrots. Fry for 2 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add in the pepper chunks, water chestnuts, and ginger and fry for 1-2 minutes, stirring constantly. Add in the pineapple chunks and the sweet and sour sauce.  When the sauce starts bubbling, add the chicken back in. Let everything simmer until the chicken cooks through.  This may take 2-4 minutes depending on the size of the chicken pieces.  After 2 minutes, cut one of the larger pieces in half and look to see if there is any pink showing.  If so, let it go another minute or two.

Taste the sauce and add more rapadura if it needs to be mellowed a bit.

Serve over rice, if desired and generously apply the sauce when served.  For a little extra ginger kick, add powdered ginger in with the rice when it starts cooking.

This post was shared at Real Food Wednesday, Slightly Indulgent Tuesdays, Gluten Free Wednesdays,

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I'm KerryAnn Foster, a crazy vibrant Jesus Freak with a heart full of hope. I'm not afraid to love on the least of these or get my hands dirty. This blog is my journey from ineffective, uptight, obese wallflower to a woman on fire for God and living the most vibrant, passionate life possible!

I live in the mountains of Western North Carolina with my husband, Jeff, and our two teens. I blog about self-confidence, health and home, homeschooling and living a vibrant, wide-open Jesus-centered lifestyle. I have over seventeen years of real food, natural lifestyle and health experience. We have homeschooled our children since birth and both Jeff and I run home-based businesses. We're crazy, we know it, and we love every second of it!

Read about my journey to health through celiac disease, PCOS, food allergies, obesity, adrenal fatigue and heavy metals.

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  1. Cindy (Vegetarian Mamma) says

    August 17, 2012 at 1:59 pm

    Love the clean simple ingredients of your recipe and of course that its Gluten free! 🙂 My name is Cindy and I blog over at Vegetarianmamma.com I wanted to invite you to link up your recipe at our Gluten Free Fridays Recipe Link up party! It happens every Friday and we’d love to have you join us with some of your awesome recipes! You can find this week’s link up here: http://vegetarianmamma.com/gluten-free-friday-recipe-link-up-1/
    Thanks! Cindy

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I live in the mountains of Western North Carolina with my husband, Jeff, and our two teens. I blog about self-confidence, health and home, homeschooling and living a vibrant, wide-open Jesus-centered lifestyle. I have over seventeen years of real food, natural lifestyle and health experience. We have homeschooled our children since birth and both Jeff and I run home-based businesses. We're crazy, we know it, and we love every second of it!

Read about my journey to health through celiac disease, PCOS, food allergies, obesity, adrenal fatigue and heavy metals.

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