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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.
20 min
Prep time
20 min
Cook time
40 min
Total time
6 servings
Yield
Ingredients
18 ingredientsAdjust servings
Ingredients and nutrition update together
Per serving447 kcal
- Fat
- 11.1g
- Carbs
- 49g
- Protein
- 36.2g
Whole recipe (6 servings): 2682 kcal
- 2 lb (900 g) chicken breast, diced
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 cup plain flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 cup cornstarch, divided
- about 1/2 cup cold water, for batter
- neutral oil, for frying
- 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
- 1/3 cup honey
- 1/2 cup ketchup
- 1 medium onion, cut into chunks
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 carrot, thinly sliced
- 1 red bell pepper, chopped
- 1 green bell pepper, chopped
- 1 cup diced pineapple
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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Per serving: 447 calories
Fat: 11 g · Carbs: 49 g · Protein: 36 g
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