{"id":29749,"date":"2024-09-14T00:05:27","date_gmt":"2024-09-14T07:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iamafoodblog.com\/?p=29749"},"modified":"2024-09-13T23:17:17","modified_gmt":"2024-09-14T06:17:17","slug":"easy-oven-baked-chinese-sweet-and-sour-chicken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iamafoodblog.com\/easy-oven-baked-chinese-sweet-and-sour-chicken\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweet and Sour Chicken"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a easy, healthy, 8 ingredient, no deep fry version of the classic takeout favorite sweet and sour chicken.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It’s kind of surprising to me that sweet and sour chicken is way more popular than sweet and sour pork. Maybe because sweet and sour pork is definitely what I grew up with. But, pork or chicken, this sweet and tart sauce is so GOOD with fluffy white rice. Forget takeout or delivery, this is better.<\/p>\n

Baked sweet and sour chicken<\/h2>\n

This is a variation on our authentic\u00a0oven-baked sweet and sour pork<\/a>, featuring chicken. The chicken ends up juicy with the slightest bit of crispiness thanks to a cornstarch coating. Besides no cleanup, no expensive oil to throw away, and no splatter, this is also way better for you, so you can feel good about eating it every night, and you’re going to want to. It tastes just as good as the deep fried version with none of the guilt.<\/p>\n

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How to make sweet and sour chicken<\/h2>\n
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  1. Preheat<\/strong> your oven to 450\u00baF and season your chicken with salt and pepper.<\/li>\n
  2. Coat the chicken.<\/strong> We use cornstarch, it makes for an authentically light and crispy coating. Any other starch such as potato starch is good too.<\/li>\n
  3. Bake the chicken.<\/strong> 20 minutes, then flip and bake another 10.<\/li>\n
  4. Make the sauce<\/strong> while you wait. Roughly chop up your onions and pineapple too.<\/li>\n
  5. Sauce the chicken<\/strong> and lightly cook the onions and pineapples at the same time.<\/li>\n
  6. Enjoy!<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Sweet and sour sauce ingredients<\/h2>\n