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Sweet and Sour Chicken with Pineapple
Chicken breast is battered and fried, then tossed with vegetables, pineapple and a quick honey-ketchup sweet-and-sour sauce.
From YouTube · Dec 9, 2025
Chicken breast is battered and fried, then tossed with vegetables, pineapple and a quick honey-ketchup sweet-and-sour sauce.
10 min, plus chicken frying time
Cook time
Yield not stated by source
Yield
Ingredients
16 ingredients- 2 lb chicken breast, diced
- Seasoning for chicken, quantities not stated
- [Batter] Plain flour, quantity not stated
- [Batter] Baking powder, quantity not stated
- [Batter] Cornstarch, quantity not stated
- [Batter] Water, quantity not stated
- Oil, for frying
- [Sauce] Apple cider vinegar, quantity not stated
- [Sauce] Honey, quantity not stated
- [Sauce] Ketchup, quantity not stated
- Onion, quantity not stated
- Garlic, quantity not stated
- Carrots, quantity not stated
- Red bell pepper, quantity not stated
- Green bell pepper, quantity not stated
- Diced pineapple, quantity not stated
Method
13 steps- Season the diced chicken.
- Mix the flour, baking powder, cornstarch and water into a batter.
- Rest the batter for about 5 minutes.
- Heat the frying oil.
- Coat and fry the chicken in batches until golden and fully cooked.
- Drain the fried chicken.
- Mix the apple cider vinegar, honey and ketchup for the sauce.
- Sauté the onion and garlic.
- Add the carrots and red and green peppers and cook for a couple of minutes.
- Add the sweet-and-sour sauce and cook for about 3 minutes.
- Add the diced pineapple.
- Add the fried chicken and cook for another 2 minutes.
- Serve immediately.
Recipe notes
Helpful tips
- Fry the chicken in batches.
- Keep the vegetables slightly crisp.
- The source does not publish quantities for the batter, sauce or vegetables.
- The original five-minute cook time represented only the final sauce stages, not the full recipe.
Equipment
- Mixing bowls
- Deep frying pan or wok
- Slotted spoon
- Large frying pan or wok
- Knife
- Chopping board
Storage
Refrigerate for up to 3 days. The coating will soften during storage.
Additional tips
- Chicken must reach 74°C or 165°F internally. This source is not a fully measured recipe.
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