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Ingredients

1 kilo chicken meat cut into 1 ½-inch pieces

1 ½ cup cooking oil

¼ cup unsweetened pineapple juice

1 pc egg, beaten

½ cup bread crumbs

½ cup cornstarch

1 ½ tsps. Salt

1 Tbsp soy sauce

Sauce recipe

½  cup chicken broth

½ cup pineapple juice

¼ cup pineapple tidbits

2 Tbsps tomato catsup

1 pc carrot, diced

1 pc bell pepper, diced

1 ½ Tbsps cornstarch dissolved in a little water

2 Tbsps sugar

½ tsp ginger, chopped

4 cloves garlic, minced

2 Tbsps vinegar

½ tsp ground pepper

½ tsp fine salt

• Boil chicken for 10 minutes and drain. Set aside the broth (for sauce recipe)
• Marinate the boiled chicken in a mixture of pineapple juice, salt, and soy sauce.
• Add cornstarch and mix well.
• Dip each piece of chicken into the beaten egg and coat evenly with bread crumbs.
• Fry in oil until golden brown.  Set aside.
• For the sauce, mix all the ingredients in a saucepan, except for the pineapple tidbits, bell pepper, and carrot.
• Stir to dissolve cornstarch.
• Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until thick.  Add pineapple tidbits, carrot, and bell pepper.
• Pour sauce over fried chicken cubes and serve hot.

Tip: The chicken may be fried in advance.  Heat the sweet sour sauce and pour over the chicken before serving.