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Sweet-Sour Chicken Dippers Recipe

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Meet the Cook: Since you can chop up all the ingredients the night before, this can be ready in about 30 minutes. So it's a great after-work dinner. You can also serve it as a snack or an appetizer...similar to chicken nuggets. I've even substituted quail for the chicken, and it was delicious. Next, I may try it with pork! -Kari Caven, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho

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Sweet-Sour Chicken Dippers Recipe

Prep: 40 min. Cook: 10 min.

Yield: 16 Servings

40 10 50

Ingredients

1 can (8 ounces) crushed pineapple
1-1/2 cups sugar
1 can (14-1/2 ounces) diced tomatoes, undrained
1/2 cup white vinegar
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup chopped green pepper
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1 tablespoon cornstarch
BATTER:
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup cornstarch
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons sugar
1-1/3 cups cold water
Oil for deep-fat frying
1-1/2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into chunks

Directions

Drain pineapple, reserving juice. In a large saucepan, combine sugar, tomatoes, vinegar, onion, green pepper, soy sauce, ginger and pineapple. Simmer for 20 minutes.
Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine cornstarch and the reserved pineapple juice until smooth; add to tomato mixture. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from the heat; set aside.
For the batter, in a small bowl, combine the flour, cornstarch, baking powder, baking soda, sugar and water until smooth.
In a deep-fat fryer, heat oil to 375°. Dip chicken pieces in batter; drop into oil and fry about 3-5 minutes on each side or until golden brown and juices run clear. Serve immediately with sweet-sour sauce. Yield: 4 dozen appetizers.

Originally published as Sweet-Sour Chicken Dippers in Country Woman May/June 1999, p33

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Reviewed on Aug. 07, 2012 by NB1148

My family loves this recipe. I normally add teaspoon of salt and a tablespoon of soy sauce to the batter to give it a little more flavor. I also strain the sauce after it is made because my family doesn't like the chunks of vegetables in it. It is absolutely delicious!

Reviewed on Nov. 28, 2010 by starfan

Wonderful recipe. Tried in a frying pan and then a deep fryer and decided the only way to make these is using the deep fryer.

Reviewed on Oct. 01, 2009 by tammyhickman

excellent recipe that the whole family really enjoyed! Even the one who doesn't like tomatoes!

Reviewed on Sep. 20, 2009 by frankieb

I have made this several times. The chicken batter is amazing! We've used the batter with shrimp as well with great results.

Reviewed on Sep. 17, 2009 by kandy1206

Reviewed on Jul. 15, 2009 by starfan

Have made this twice to rave reviews. Sweet and sour sauce steals the show.

Reviewed on Jul. 07, 2009 by waynepat

great recipe! The batter is good. I wouldn't use a different sweet and sour sauce because this suace is the best I've tasted.

Reviewed on Jun. 07, 2009 by anjlde