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15-Minute Sweet and Sour Chicken served on a white plate with glossy sweet and sour sauce, pineapple chunks, bell peppers, onions, and tender chicken pieces in a bright modern kitchen with elegant food blog text overlay

Sweet and Sour Chicken – Quick Easy 15 Minute Recipe

Sweet and sour chicken is a delicious dish with crispy chicken coated in a tangy, flavorful sauce.This quick recipe is perfect for busy weeknights and delivers restaurant-style taste at home.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings: 4
Course: Dinner
Cuisine: Chinese
Calories: 320
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 2 boneless chicken breasts cut into bite-sized pieces
  • 2 tablespoons cornstarch
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon oil
  • 1 bell pepper chopped
  • 1 onion chopped
  • 1 cup pineapple chunks
  • 2 tablespoons ketchup
  • 2 tablespoons vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce for sauce
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • Half cup water

Method
 

  1. Cut the chicken breasts into small bite-sized pieces and place them in a bowl. Add the cornstarch and 1 tablespoon soy sauce. Mix well until the chicken is coated.
    Raw chicken pieces mixed with cornstarch and soy sauce in a glass bowl on a bright kitchen counter with natural daylight
  2. Heat the oil in a large pan over medium-high heat.
    Oil heating in a large black nonstick frying pan on a gas stove in a bright modern kitchen
  3. Add the chicken pieces to the pan and cook for 5–7 minutes until golden and fully cooked. Stir occasionally.
    Golden chicken pieces cooking in a black frying pan while being stirred with a wooden spoon over a gas stove
  4. Add the chopped onion, bell pepper, and minced garlic. Cook for 2–3 minutes until slightly soft.
    Chicken cooking with chopped onions, bell peppers, and minced garlic in a black skillet with bright natural lighting
  5. Add the pineapple chunks and mix everything together.
    Sweet and sour chicken stir fry with pineapple chunks, bell peppers, onions, and chicken cooking in a black pan
  6. In a small bowl, combine the ketchup, vinegar, sugar, 1 tablespoon soy sauce for the sauce, and water. Stir well.
    Sweet and sour sauce made with ketchup, vinegar, sugar, soy sauce, and water being mixed in a glass bowl
  7. Pour the sauce into the pan and mix everything together.
    Sweet and sour sauce being poured into a skillet filled with chicken, pineapple, onions, and bell peppers
  8. Cook for 3–4 minutes while stirring until the sauce becomes slightly thick and coats the chicken.
    Sweet and sour chicken coated in thick glossy sauce while simmering in a black frying pan on a gas stove
  9. Turn off the heat and serve hot with rice or noodles.
    15-Minute Sweet and Sour Chicken served hot with white rice on a clean white plate in a bright modern kitchen