KRISTIE’S SWEET AND SOUR CRISPY CHICKEN

Sweet & Sour Crispy Chicken
Ingredients:
1 Cup of Rice boiled and set aside
2 Chicken Fillets cut up into pieces
1 Big Onion Chopped into small pieces
5 Mushrooms Chopped
1 Small Cabbage Chopped
3 Cups of Frozen French Stirfry
Salt & Pepper to taste
Herbs for Taste
2 Teaspoons Brown Sugar
15ml Sunflower Oil
1 Cup Boiling Water
Ingredients for the Crispy Chicken:
1 Egg mixed in a bowl
Half a Cup of Flour in a bowl
50ml Sunflower Oil

Ingredients for the Sweet & Sour Sauce:
80ml Soya Sauce
160ml Sweet & Sour Sauce
30ml White Vinegar
3 Teaspoons Brown Sugar

Method to make the Crispy Chicken:
1. In a non-stick frying pan add the sunflower oil and wait till it heats up.
2. If the oil is hot, dip a piece of chicken in the egg and then in the flower till it is all covered.
3. Put it onto the pan in the hot oil and fry it till it is brown and crispy on both sides.
4. Put the chicken on a kitchen towl in a bowl so that the oil can be drained off the chicken.
5. Set aside.
Method to make the Sweet & Sour Sauce:
1. In a skillet pan add the oil and add the onion on high heat.
2. Add the salt and pepper and sugar to the onion.
3. If the onion is golden brown add the crispy chicken.
4. Now you add the soya sauce, white vinegar, sugar and sweet & sour sauce, and mix well.
5. Turn the stove to low if it starts boiling and let the sauce mixture become like a thick consistency.
Method for the whole sauce and vegetables mixture to come together:
1. To the chicken and onion and sauce mixture add the mushrooms and baby cabbage.
2. Mix well and add a little bit of the boiling water.
3. Add the cups of frozen french stirfry vegetables and add the rest of the boiling water and let it simmer for 15 minutes on low heat.
4. After it has simmer, mix well again and let it stand for ten minutes.
5. Serve immediately!
6. Very delicious!

Source and Photo: Kristie Townsend