Sweet and Sour Chicken

Cooking challenge night - we have fresh pineapple, red peppers and onions. How about Sweet and Sour Chicken?

Ingredients:

1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1-inch chunks
salt and ground black pepper, to taste (1/4 teaspoon each?)
1/4 cup cornstarch
1 large eggs, beaten
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 red pepper - cut in 1” pieces
1 onion - cut in 1” pieces
1 cup fresh pineapple chunks
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
1/4 cup ketchup
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
2 Tablespoons corn starch

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Spray a 9x13 baking dish with nonstick spray.
2. Heat vegetable oil over medium high in a large saucepan until very hot and rippling.
3. Place cornstarch, salt & pepper in a 1 gallon plastic storage bag. Toss chicken chunks in bag, toss to coat.
4. Dip the chicken into the beaten eggs, them place about 1/3 into pan,
5. Cook until golden brown one one is, about 30 seconds. Flip and cook other side.
6. Place browned chicken in baking dish, repeat process with the rest of the chicken. Place chicken in oven,
7. Make sauce by mixing together sugar, 2 tablespoons corn starch vinegar, ketchup, soy sauce and garlic powder in a large bowl. (Set aside for a bit.)
8. Renove chicken from over, pour sauce around chicken, and return chicken in oven.
9. Saute onions and peppers for 7 to 10 minutes until peppers show some caramelization.
10. Remove chicken from oven, mix in veggies and pineapple chunks,
11. Place into oven and bake until the sauce has thickened, about 15 minutes

Carole's Notes:

Doug was helping cook this one. We had different recipes on our iPads, he ended up doing the veggies and pineapple. (He may have been looking at Sweet and Sour Pork)
The recipe was adapted from http://damndelicious.net/2014/01/18/baked-sweet-sour-chicken/
and http://www.melskitchencafe.com/sweet-and-sour-chicken-updated/

Serve over rice, perhaps with extra pineapple on the side.
Doug thought it was a bit too sour, Alex thought it was a bit too sweet. I think it hit the mark as sweet and sour.