Sweet & Sour Chinese

Well, I thought I'd go international this week... So, today I thought I'd post a recipe that our family eats weekly. I love this recipe because it requires pretty simple ingredients that I have on hand.

Start off by making your favorite rice recipe.

Next, make the sweet & sour sauce.

Sweet & Sour Sauce

Ingredients:
1/3 c. vinegar
½ c. brown sugar
¼ c. ketchup
¾ c. pineapple juice or water
2 Tbsp. cornstarch mixed with water
¼ c. canned pineapple, cut up

Mix the vinegar, sugar, ketchup and pineapple juice together well in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil. Mix together the cornstarch and water. Add to other ingredients to thicken. Stir in the oil. Just before serving, stir in pineapple chunks.

While letting the sweet & sour sauce simmer, start the stir fry.

Chicken Stir-Fry

Ingredients:
3 carrots, diced into small pieces
½ onion, finely chopped
4 small chicken breasts, cut up into bite size pieces
½ - 1 c. precut bite-size frozen broccoli

Recipe Instructions:
Place oil in a large saucepan. Turn heat onto med-high. Let pan heat up. Add diced carrots. Cook for 3 min. Add onions. Cook for 2 more min. Add bitesized raw chicken. Cook until both sides are cooked. Add frozen brocolli. Cook on high for 3 more min. Turn to low and cook for another 5 min.

To serve, top rice with chicken stir fry and then sweet and sour sauce.