Sweet and Sour Chicken with Cherries
If you have around 20 minutes to spend in the kitchen, Sweet and Sour Chicken with Cherries might be an awesome gluten free and dairy free recipe to try. For 99 cents per serving, you get a side dish that serves 4. One serving contains 211 calories, 6g of protein, and 10g of fat. A couple people made this recipe, and 48 would say it hit the spot. This recipe is typical of Chinese cuisine. It is brought to you by Steamy Kitchen. If you have red bell pepper, onion, cornstarch, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. Overall, this recipe earns a not so awesome spoonacular score of 37%. Users who liked this recipe also liked Gluten-Free Wild Rice Salad with Chanterelles, Sour Cherries and Cashew Sour Cream, Boozy Sour Cherries, and Clafoutis with sour cherries.
Servings: 4
Preparation duration: 10 minutes
Cooking duration: 10 minutes
Ingredients:
2 tablespoons honey or agave nectar
1 ½ cups fresh cherries (2 handfuls), pitted and halved
6 ounces boneless chicken, cut into bite sized pieces
2 tablespoons cooking oil, divided
½ teaspoon cornstarch
1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger
3 tablespoons ketchup
½ onion, cut into 1” chunks
3 tablespoons orange juice
1/2 red pepper, cut into 1” chunks
1 tablespoon soy sauce
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1/2 yellow pepper, cut into 1” chunks
Equipment:
whisk
bowl
frying pan
wok
stove
Cooking instruction summary:
In a bowl, toss the chicken meat with the soy sauce and cornstarch.In a separate bowl, whisk together the ingredients for the sweet and sour sauce.Heat a wok or saute pan over high heat. Swirl in just 1 tablespoon of the cooking oil. When hot, add in the marinated chicken. Spread chicken out all over the surface of wok in single layer. Let cook for 2 minutes, undisturbed, until browned. Flip chicken pieces and brown the other side, about 1 minute. Chicken should be browned but still uncooked in the middle. Remove chicken from wok and set aside.Keep the wok on stove and turn the heat to medium-high. Swirl in the remaining cooking oil. When hot, add the onions and stir fry for 1 minute. Add in the cherries, red and yellow bell peppers. Stir fry for 2 minutes, until the bell peppers are cooked, but still colorful and crunchy.Add the partially cooked chicken back into the wok and pour in the sweet and sour sauce. Bring to a simmer and cook an additional minute, or until the chicken is fully cooked through. Careful not to overcook the chicken!
Step by step:
1. In a bowl, toss the chicken meat with the soy sauce and cornstarch.In a separate bowl, whisk together the ingredients for the sweet and sour sauce.
2. Heat a wok or saute pan over high heat. Swirl in just 1 tablespoon of the cooking oil. When hot, add in the marinated chicken.
3. Spread chicken out all over the surface of wok in single layer.
4. Let cook for 2 minutes, undisturbed, until browned. Flip chicken pieces and brown the other side, about 1 minute. Chicken should be browned but still uncooked in the middle.
5. Remove chicken from wok and set aside.Keep the wok on stove and turn the heat to medium-high. Swirl in the remaining cooking oil. When hot, add the onions and stir fry for 1 minute.
6. Add in the cherries, red and yellow bell peppers. Stir fry for 2 minutes, until the bell peppers are cooked, but still colorful and crunchy.
7. Add the partially cooked chicken back into the wok and pour in the sweet and sour sauce. Bring to a simmer and cook an additional minute, or until the chicken is fully cooked through. Careful not to overcook the chicken!
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