Sweet Fire Chicken

Sweet Fire Chicken is a recipe made popular in America by Panda Express. It is a fried chicken with a spicy sweet sauce, and chunks of pineapple.
Ingredients
- 500 grams cubed chicken
- 2 tsp shao xing wine
- 2 tsp soy sauce
- 1 whole garlic clove chopped
- 1 egg white
- 1/4 cup all-pupose flour
- 1 tsp cold water
- 1/4 cup cornstarch, potato strarch or tapioca starch
- 1/2 tsp white pepper
- 200 grams pineapple
- 175 grams or 1 whole red pepper cubed
- 1 whole garlic clove chopped
- 350 grams 1/2-3/4 cup Pantai Spring Roll Sauce
- 1/4 cup scallions
- 2 cups rice
- 1 tsp ginger
Instructions
- 1
--- Chicken Marinade ---
- 2
dice chicken into cubes
- 3
add marinade: add soy, shao xing wine, white pepper, and garlic let sit for 4 hours to overnight
- 4
preheat oil: heat up frying oil 350-375 degrees
- 5
bread chicken: add egg white, water, flour, and cornstarch and mix. This is a traditional breading. If you want thicken breading. Separate chicken and put on flat pan after above steps. Add a light coating of the flour and cornstarch and let sit for 5- minutes. Both sides
- 6
Fry chicken: Pick up chicken individually, hold in oil fro 10 seconds before dropping if using a wire basket. (so it will not stick). Fry chicken for 1-2 minutes. remove and drain
- 7
Second chicken fry: Fry chicken a second time until golden brown about 2 minutes. Remove and drain
- 8
--- Rice ---
- 9
cook rice: cook 2 cups of rice according to the directions. Wash Rice!
- 10
--- Sweet Fire Chicken in Wok ---
- 11
preheat wok: add 1 tbsp of oil to wok and stir fry red peppers for 2 minutes on high heat
- 12
cook ingredients: add pineapple, red peppers, garlic and ginger and stir fry for 1-2 minutes
- 13
add fried chicken and Pantai sauce to coat chicken heat for 1 minute over med heat
- 14
add green onions and serve.: add green onions and stir. Remove from heat and serve
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