Sweet and sour chicken from The Breath of a Wok: Unlocking the Secrets of Chinese Wok Cooking Through Recipes and Lore by Grace Young and Alan Richardson

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  • nicolepellegrini on October 01, 2022

    Simple but delicious! I added some snow peas for a little more veggies. Husband loved it.

  • snoozermoose on December 14, 2021

    This was pretty tasty. Definitely a more authentic sweet and sour sauce than what you'd find at a Chinese restaurant. While I'm not rushing to make it again, it was enjoyable.

  • meggan on October 13, 2021

    Great weeknight meal. We added a little cabbage to beef up the veg.

  • ashallen on April 28, 2021

    Sweet-and-sour isn't my favorite stir-fry style, but this recipe was the best I've tried so far - the sauce wasn't gloppy or overly sweet. My husband, who *is* a sweet-and-sour fan, loved this dish. This is a relatively saucy stir-fry. I ended up reducing the sauce a longer time than specified in the recipe (removed other ingredients from wok so they wouldn't overcook) to further intensify the flavors to the level I wanted.

  • Breadcrumbs on February 01, 2011

    p. 76 - I had 2lbs of chicken in the fridge so decided on 2 chicken dishes tonight and this was one of them since I had all the other ingredients on hand. I’d passed by this on a couple of occasions as I don’t tend to like overly sweet dishes but on closer inspection saw that there was minimal sugar in this recipe -1 tbsp plus 1 tsp along w 2 tbsp of ketchup. Given the quantity of other ingredients in the sauce, I imagined this wouldn’t be too sweet at all and, I was right. We really enjoyed this well-balanced dish. The chicken was super-tender and the sauce itself was soy forward but balanced w the other ingredients. I'd make this again.

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