kimmy's favorite sweet and sour chicken

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 pound chicken, cut into cubes
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup apple vinegar
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup water
• 3 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 (8 ounce) can pineapple chunks - drained with juice reserved
• 1/3 cup tomato soup
• 1 carrot, thinly sliced
• 1/2 onion, cut into chunks
• 1/2 green bell pepper, sliced

Recipe

Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 45 mins Ready Time: 1 hr 35 mins


• marinate chicken cubes in soy sauce in a bowl for 30 minutes.
• heat vegetable oil in a skillet on medium-high heat.
• remove chicken from soy sauce and cook and stir in the heated skillet until no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear.
• remove chicken from the skillet and set aside.
• heat vinegar, sugar and 1/2 cup water together over medium heat in the same skillet until the sugar dissolves.
• combine cornstarch and 1/2 cup water in a bowl and add to the vinegar mixture.
• stir mixture and lower heat to medium-low.
• pour pineapple juice and tomato soup into vinegar mixture and simmer for about 5 minutes.
• stir in carrots, onion, and bell pepper.
• simmer for 20 to 25 minutes; until sauce is reddish-yellow and the vegetables are cooked.
• add the pineapple chunks and cooked chicken to the sauce and heat for 2 to 4 minutes.