Published Apr 10, 2019 Updated Nov 03, 2024 Chinese sweet and sour is a cooking style that is easy, delicious and everyone’s favorite. The dish comes complete with crispy fried chicken cubes with mouthwatering sweet and sour sauce. It goes well with steamed rice, fried rice or chow mein. You will need the following simple ingredients to make the sauce:
Ketchup. Chili sauce. Plum sauce. Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce. Chinese rice vinegar. Sugar.
See the recipe card for full information on ingredients. My recipe is healthy with no red food coloring in the sauce. You can make the sweet sour sauce in advance, store in an air-tight container and keep in the refrigerator. Then make the sweet and sour chicken batter and coat the chicken with the batter. Next, deep fry the chicken and stir fry with the sweet sour sauce.
The combination of plum sauce, Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce and Chinese rice vinegar make the sauce tastes like the best Chinese restaurants. DO NOT double the sauce. The sauce should lightly coat the chicken cubes so the chicken remain crispy and not soggy. Use baking powder in the batter. The baking powder makes the batter light and airy and the chicken will be extra crispy and crunchy. DO not use red coloring in the sauce.
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