Saturday, September 27, 2008

Easy Sweet & Sour Chicken (简易糖醋鸡)


The first time I came across chicken popcorns was at a dinner at my brother-in-law's place. My sister-in-law cooked them the simple way; just deep fried without having any sauce to go with them. First bite and I liked it straight away. There were not as meaty as chicken nuggets neither they were too battery with just flour.

I have always liked to pair these chicken popcorns with sweet and sour sauce. This dish has never failed to be the winner on our dining table. I hope it will the same case on yours too :)


Easy Sweet & Sour Chicken (简易糖醋鸡)

Ingredients:
1 packet (400g) chicken popcorns


Sauce:
2 medium size onions, cut into wedges
1 tomato, cut into wedges
3-4 tbsp cooking oil for stir frying
2-3 tbsp tomato sauce
100ml water
1/2 tsp rice vinegar (optional)
2 tsp sugar

Cornstarch + water, as thickener


Method:

1. Deep fry chicken popcorns according to direction on packaging.
2. Heat oil in a work/pan till smoky hot. Fry onion till fragrant, add in tomato wedges and continue to fry for about half a minute.
3. Add water, bring to a boil. Cook until tomato is soft. Taste with vinegar and sugar.
4. Add in cornstach solution to thicken the sauce. Return fried chicken popcorns to wok and give it a quick stir such that all chicken popcorns are coated with sauce.
5. Serve hot with white rice or fried noodles.


Notes:
1. To enhance flavour and color of sauce, add in canned pineapple slices, red and green capcicums instead of just tomatoes and onions.

Chicken popcorns

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

never seen chicken popcorn before, but i am positive my girls will love it. will look out for it the next time i do my weekly shopping. thanks for sharing

Little Corner of Mine said...

I like your short-cut! Because I always lazy to deep-fry the chicken first.

Jo said...

Hi skinnymum,
I am not too keen on frozen food too but there are a few items that I do keep in my freezer just in case I am too busy or simply lazy cook descent meals.

Thanks Ching. This popcorns need to be deep fried first too but the cutting and marinating job are all taken care of. That's why I like it :)

Anonymous said...

its very east to find stuff...

there is ayammas brand chic popcorn too.... i bought it from tesco..cost only RM7++ for 400gm..

i tried making the very fast track wanz using the "Maggi Ayam Masak Merah"... just follow the instrution overleaf... & itz ready... its spicy... but yummy... my neieces n nephew love it

HK Choo said...

Good idea, thanks for sharing. :)