Chinese Pineapple Chicken
Created by dienia b on April 16, 2022
- Servings: 4
- Prep Time: 30m
- Cook Time: 30m
- Recipe #38495
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 pounds chicken breasts
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon white pepper
- 1 cup cornstarch
- 2 eggs ,beaten
- 1/3 cup oil
- Sauce:
- 1/2 cup pineapple juice
- 1/3 cup soy sauce
- 1/3 cup chicken stock
- 1/3 cup hoisin sauce
- 1/2 cup brown sugar,packed
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- Topping:
- 1 cup pineapple,diced
- 1/2 cup cashews, roasted,salted
How to Make
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Step 1: Cut chicken into 1 inch cubes.
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Step 2: Season with salt and pepper to taste.
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Step 3: Dip chicken into cornstarch and then into beaten eggs.
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Step 4: Heat oil in large skillet.
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Step 5: Cook chicken until browned.
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Step 6: Don't overcrowd the chicken.
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Step 7: Once chicken is cooked place on a plate.
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Step 8: Repeat steps until all chicken is cooked.
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Step 9: Then drain the oil from the pan and add the chicken back into the skillet.
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Step 10: Mix up sauce below.
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Step 11: Once sauce is done pour over chicken and add the diced pineapple and cashews.
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Step 12: Cook for a minute in the skillet over medium heat or two until combined and sauce fully coats everything.
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Step 13: Serve over sticky rice.
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Step 14: Sauce:
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Step 15: Whisk sauce ingredients in a sauce pan over medium heat until smooth.
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Step 16: Then pour evenly over chicken, pineapple, and cashew
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (385.8 g)
- Calories 720.3
- Total Fat - 24.4 g
- Saturated Fat - 4.3 g
- Cholesterol - 145.2 mg
- Sodium - 15905 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 68.5 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1.1 g
- Sugars - 31.7 g
- Protein - 55.4 g
- Calcium - 47.7 mg
- Iron - 2.5 mg
- Vitamin C - 5.6 mg
- Thiamin - 0.2 mg