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Smothered Sweet & Sour Chicken

Source of Recipe

by Millie, from 365 Ways to Cook Chicken


List of Ingredients

2 T vegetable oil
3# chicken legs
1 lrg onion chopped {I've used red n’ used bout ½ n' it's fine}
3 T ketchup
2 T lemon juice
2 T soy sauce
2 T sugar
½ tsp freshly ground pepper {I use cracked pepper or reg}
1 T cornstarch dissolved in ¼ C cold water
Lemon slices {optional}
{I also add diced green bell pepper + crushed pineapple w/smidge of the juice}


Recipe

In a lrg fry pan, heat oil & brown chicken all sides about 10 min’s. {I pepper the breasts first}.

Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine onion, ketchup, lemon juice soy sauce, sugar, pepper {bell pepper, pineapple} & ½ C water, blend well.

Pour sweet n sour mix over chicken. Cover, reduce heat to low & cook 20 min’s until tender. Remove Chicken to serving platter & keep warm {I do this by coverin n’ stickin in a slow oven bout 150°}

Add cornstarch mix to sauce. Raise heat, bring to a boil, and cook, stirring, til sauce thickens, bout 2 min’s. Pour over chicken & garnish w/lemon slices if desired.

Now, I place chicken a’top steamed rice n’ leave the sauce on the side so the “eater” can have as much or lil as they like.

This can be done w/2 or 3 breasts, and personally I don't reduce the sweet n’ sour, but I LIKE my sweet n’sour. LOL!!!