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Chinese Pineapple Chicken

Servings 6 people
Author Scarlett Bendixen

Ingredients

  • 3-5 chicken breasts
  • salt
  • pepper
  • 1 cup cornstarch
  • 2 eggs beaten
  • 1/3 cup canola 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
  • 1 clove garlic minced

Mix Ins:

  • 1 cup pineapple diced
  • 1/2 cup cashews roasted and salted

Instructions

  1. Rinse chicken, trim off fat or extras and then cut into 1 inch cubes. season with salt and pepper. Dip chicken into cornstarch (the easiest way is by putting the cornstarch in a ziplock and shaking the chicken in it to get it fully coated) and then into beaten eggs. Heat oil in large skillet. Cook chicken until browned. Don't overcrowd the chicken. Once chicken is cooked place in a baking dish or plate. Repeat steps until all chicken is cooked. Then drain the oil from the pan and add the chicken back into the skillet. Mix up sauce below. Once sauce is done pour over chicken and add the diced pineapple and cashews. Cook for a minute in the skillet over medium heat or two until combined and sauce fully coats everything. Serve over sticky rice.

Sauce:

  1. Whisk sauce ingredients in a sauce pan over medium heat until smooth. Then pour evenly over chicken, pineapple, and cashew