Sweet and Sour Chicken
This homemade sweet and sour chicken recipe is full of flavor, easy to make, and perfect for a weeknight dinner or casual entertaining. With pineapple, peppers, and carrots, it’s colorful, delicious, and sure to please the whole table.
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Servings: 4
Calories: 795kcal
Ingredients
- ¾ cup flour
- 1 lb boneless chicken breast cut into bite-sized pieces
- 1 cup canola or vegetable oil
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 green bell pepper chopped
- 1 cup matchstick carrots
- 14 oz sweet and sour sauce (plus a splash of water) I used G. Hughes Sugar Free
- 1 cup pineapple chunks
Instructions
- Toss chicken pieces in flour to coat.
- Heat a skillet over medium heat with cooking oil and fry chicken in batches until golden and cooked through.
- In a separate skillet, heat olive oil and sauté bell peppers and carrots until tender.
- Pour the sweet and sour sauce into the pan (rinse bottle with a splash of water to get every drop).
- Stir in pineapple chunks and heat through.
- Add cooked chicken, toss to coat, and serve over rice or noodles.
Notes
The fat content is high on this recipe due to the oil, you are just cooking with it, not using it all, so actual grams will vary from what is listed. Also, I used a SF sweet and sour sauce, so if you use a different option, that will also factor into the calories and fat of this recipe.
Nutrition
Calories: 795kcal | Carbohydrates: 32g | Protein: 27g | Fat: 63g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 17g | Monounsaturated Fat: 39g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 73mg | Sodium: 156mg | Potassium: 672mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 11g | Vitamin A: 5520IU | Vitamin C: 33mg | Calcium: 32mg | Iron: 2mg
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