Sweet and Sour Baked Chicken

Sweet and Sour Baked Chicken

  • DifficultyEasy
  • Cook1:00
  • Makes 1
kazzablues
by kazzablues Last updated on 07/09/2019
Chicken baked in a delicious sweet and sour sauce. Quick and easy to make. - kazzablues
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Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1/2 cup onion chopped
  • 1/2 cup carrot roughly chopped
  • 1/2 cup green capsicum chopped
  • 3/4 cup tomato sauce
  • 1 cup pineapple juice
  • 2 tbs white vinegar
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar firmly packed
  • 1 tsp ground ginger
  • 1 tbs soy sauce
  • 1 garlic clove crushed
  • 450 g (pieces) canned pineapple drained
  • 1 kg chicken pieces

Method

  • Step 1
    Preheat oven to 180C.
  • Step 2
    Saute onion, capsicum and carrots in the butter for about 5 minutes.
  • Step 3
    To sauteed mix, add remaining ingredients, except pineapple pieces and chicken.
  • Step 4
    Cook over medium heat, stirring until mixture boils.
  • Step 5
    Add the drained pineapple pieces.
  • Step 6
    Arrange the chicken pieces in a baking dish.
  • Step 7
    Pour the sauce over and bake covered for 45 minutes, then uncovered for 30 minutes.
  • Step 8
    Serve with rice.
Recipe Notes

It doesnt matter whether sweetened or unsweetened pineapple juice is used.

Sometimes I open a large can of pineapple in juice instead of a 450g can, and use the juice from that, and save the extra pineapple for another dish.

Saves having to buy a tin or bottle of juice.

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