Chinese Chicken In Sweet And Sour Sauce

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 stalks celery, sliced
• 2 large carrots, sliced
• 1 large green pepper, cut in strips
• 3/4 cup flour
• 2 -3 cloves fresh minced garlic
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1/2 teaspoon ginger
• salt and pepper
• 4 chicken breast fillets
• 1 cup oil
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 cup vinegar
• 1 (16 ounce) can tomatoes
• 1 cup water
• 1/2 cup cornstarch
• 1/8 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• 1 cook celery, geen peppers and carrots in a small amount of water in a saucepan, until tender-crisp; drain, set aside.
• 2 combine flour, minced garlic, egg, ginger, salt and pepper in a bowl; mix well.
• 3 pound the chicken fillets with a meat mallet.
• 4 cut into strips.
• 5 dip the chicken strips into batter; coating well.
• 6 brown lightly in hot oil, in a large skillet; drain on paper towels.
• 7 in a dutch oven, bring 1-1/2 cups water to a boil.
• 8 stir in brown sugar; cook 1 minute.
• 9 add in vinegar and tomatoes; bring to a boil again.
• 10 stir in cornstarch and remaining 1 cup water, gradually.
• 11 cook for 3 minutes, stirring constantly; add chicken, cooked veggies and salt to taste.
• 12 cook until heated through.
• 13 serve over cooked rice.