Baked Sweet and Sour Chicken Recipe

So, aside from my Japanese style fried rice & Yum Yum Sauce recipe...this is my next favorite recipe! It's amazing and pretty simple:) I realize that it says baked, however, there is some frying involved. You have to fry the chicken pieces before pouring on the sweet & sour sauce, then it's baked. So maybe it should really be called 'Fried then Baked Sweet and Sour Chicken' but that's too long so we'll just stick with the original name....if that's ok with y'all;)

 

Baked Sweet and Sour Chicken

 

Ingredients

 

Chicken:

• 4-5 chicken breasts, cut into 1 inch chunks
• 1/2 cup cornstarch
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1/3 cup canola oil
• salt & pepper, to taste

1. Begin heating oil in large skillet on medium heat.
2. Rinse Chicken, trim fat, cut into 1 inch pieces.
3. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
4. Dip chicken into cornstarch, coating completely, then dip into eggs.
5. Fry chicken in oil until golden brown.
6. Place directly into a 9x13 baking dish.

Sweet and Sour Sauce:

• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 TSP garlic salt
• 4 TBP ketchup
• 1/2 cup white distilled vinegar 
• 1 TBS low sodium soy sauce (you can use regular soy sauce, low sodium is just what I prefer)

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Combine all ingredients in a medium sized bowl, whisk until smooth.
3. Pour evenly over browned chicken pieces in the 9x13 baking dish.
4. Flip each piece of chicken to evenly coat with sauce.
5. Place in preheated oven for 30 minutes,be sure to set a timer and flip each piece of chicken after the first 15 minutes.

 

 

Here's what I served my baked sweet and sour chicken with:)

 

 

 

I hope y'all enjoy this recipe as much as we do!

-K.Goble

Japanese Steakhouse Style Fried Rice & Yum Yum (Shrimp) Sauce Recipe

Ok, y'all, I'm going to share my all time favorite recipe with y'all tonight....Japanese fried rice and yum yum or shrimp sauce! I also made teriyaki zucchini and baked sweet & sour chicken:) Anthony & I have it at least once a month and it saves us a ton of money, we used to go out to Japanese Steakhouses but now we just make it at home! I always have to make a huge double batch of the rice & sauce though because there are several guys Anthony work with that beg me to make it for them as well! haha:) It's pretty simple and can be tweaked to suit almost anyone's tastes. I always cook my white rice and prepare the sauce the night before, it tastes much better after sitting overnight in the fridge. I hope y'all enjoy it as much as we all do!
 

 

 

Yum Yum or Shrimp Sauce

 

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cup Hellman's Mayonnaise
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 1/2 TBS melted butter
• 1 TBS tomato paste
• 1/2 TSP garlic powder
• 1 TSP sugar
• 1 TSP paprika
• 1/4 TSP cayenne, or to taste

 

Instructions

1. In a blender (I use a blender bottle from GNC that I bought for protein shakes lol) add mayo, water, melted butter, garlic powder, sugar, paprika and cayenne.
2. Blend until well mixed.
3. Refrigerate at least 4 hours for flavors to mingle, overnight is best
4. Serve with fried rice, shrimp, chicken, veggies...a leather boot, whatevs....it's that good! haha;)

 

 

 

 

Japanese Fried Rice

Ingredients

• 3 - 4 cups cooked white rice (day old is best, that's why I cook it the night before!)
• 3 TBS sesame oil
• 1 TBS butter
• 3/4 - 1 cup frozen peas and carrots
• 1 small onion
• 2 TSP minced garlic
• 2 eggs, slightly beaten
• 1/3 cup soy sauce, or to taste
• optional, toasted sesame seeds, to taste 

 

Instructions

1. On medium-high heat, heat the oil and butter in a large skillet or wok.
2. Add peas & carrots mix, garlic and onion, stir fry until tender.
3. While vegetables are cooking, place your eggs in a small skillet and cook until done.
4. Add eggs, rice and soy sauce to your vegetable mixture and blend together well.
5. Stir fry until thoroughly heated through.

**You can totally play around with this recipe and add mushrooms, zucchini, or whatever to the vegetable mixture!** 

 

 

 

Enjoy!

-K.Goble

 

 



Homemade Peanut Brittle....in the microwave!

 

Hello!
I'm so excited to share this recipe with all of you! My mom made it tonight and it tasted so good and it was very simple! I told her she could go live with the Amish now :) That is, if Amish people used microwaves...

 

 

 

Here's what you'll need:

 

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup light corn syrup

1 1/2 cups shelled peanuts

1/8 tsp salt

1 tablespoon butter or margarine

1 1/2 tsp baking soda

1tsp vanilla

 

***Please be VERY careful while making this because the mixture gets very very very hot!!!***

 

Directions:

 

1. Spray a cookie sheet with non-stick cooking spray. Set aside.

 

2. Combine sugar, corn syrup & salt in a microwave safe bowl. (do not use a plastic bowl because it will melt!)

 

3. Stir in the peanuts and microwave on high until it turns light brown. This took about 9 minutes or so. (stir twice while cooking)

 

4. Stir in the butter (or margarine), baking soda and vanilla.

 

5. Quickly spread the mixture onto your greased baking sheet.

 

6. Let cool! (We stuck ours in the fridge)

 

7. Break into pieces and enjoy! :)

 

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

-Kara