Spiced Chicken Fingers With Sweet Sour Sauce Recipes

SWEET AND SOUR CHICKEN TENDERS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Pour cornstarch and garlic salt into a large resealable bag.
• Dip chicken pieces in beaten egg. Remove and drop chicken into cornstarch mixture and seal the bag.
• Shake the chicken in the bag until all pieces are fully coated.
• Heat vegetable oil in a skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir chicken in heated oil until browned, about 5 minutes.
• Stir vinegar, sugar, chicken broth, ketchup, soy sauce, and salt together in a bowl.
• Arrange the browned chicken in a baking dish; pour the vinegar mixture over the chicken.
• Bake in preheated oven until chicken is no longer pink in the center and juices run clear, about 40 minutes.

SPICED CHICKEN FINGERS WITH SWEET-SOUR SAUCE

Steps:

• In a hot sauce pot coated with oil, saute the onions, ginger and carrots until soft, about 8 minutes. Season and add the pineapple, juice and vinegar. Cook until pineapple is soft, about 5 minutes. Puree mixture and check for seasoning. In another sauce pot filled 1/3 full of oil, heat to 350 degrees. In a bowl, mix together the flour, paprika, cayenne and sesame seeds. Whisk in the soda until a pancake batter consistency is achieved. Dip the chicken fingers individually in the batter and fry until golden brown, about 5 minutes. Season with salt.
• PLATING Serve the soup in a small bowl on the same plate as a pile of mac-n-cheese. Place fingers on a plate around a small bowl of dipping sauce.
• Drink Suggestion: Fresh Orange Juice, Cranberry Juice, Limes and Club Soda for house made spritzers.

CHICKEN STRIPS WITH SWEET AND SOUR SAUCE

Steps:

• Remove all fat from chicken breasts and discard.
• Place each chicken breast between 2 sheets of wax paper and pound with a rolling pin or flat hammer to about 1/2 inch thickness.
• Cut chicken into 1 inch strips.
• In a small mixing bowl, whisk together eggs and buttermilk.
• In a separate bowl, mix together bread crumbs, parmesan cheese, granulated garlic powder, salt, pepper and dill weed.
• Preheat oven to 400 F degrees.
• Dip each piece of chicken in buttermilk mixture and then into crumb mixture until coated on all surfaces.
• Place chicken strips in a single layer on a baking sheet or cookie sheet.
• Drizzle with melted margarine or butter.
• Bake in preheated 400 F oven for 10 minutes.
• Turn chicken strips over and continue to bake for another 5 minutes or until chicken is golden in color or until cooked through.
• Serve with Sweet and Sour Sauce as a dip.
• SAUCE-----------------.
• In a medium size saucepan, add white vinegar, granulated sugar and bring to boil, stirring frequently to dissolve, about 3 minutes.
• Add pineapple juice, Accent, ketchup, soy sauce, seasoning salt, granulated garlic powder and bring to boil; stir until blended.
• Add red food coloring and stir to blend.
• In a small bowl, mix together cold water and tapioca starch until smooth.
• While sugar mixture is boiling, slowly add tapioca starch mixture, stirring continuoulsy until sauce thickens slightly.
• If desired, you can add about 1/2 cup of crushed pineapple or chunky pineapple to sauce mixture near the end of cooking for a pineapple taste.