Chinese Take Out from Your Kitchen

  I absolutely love Chinese food, but where I live in downtown Miami they don't deliver past 10pm. Sad, but true. I can order pizza, groceries & now even Burger King, but no Chinese food. So I told myself how hard could it be to make my favorite sweet & sour chicken. As I experimented with some recipes & a bottle of wine, I found that it was quite simple & more tasty! Below I have provided a fabulous recipe for sweet & sour chicken, this recipe you can substitute the chicken for any meat that you would like, even for pan seared duck.



Sweet & Sour Chicken        
                                  
 1 pkg  skinless, boneless chicken thighs
2 Tbsp Chinese 5 spice seasoning
2           eggs (slightly beaten)
2 cups   flour
1 jar     Sweet & Sour Sauce
1 can    pineapple chunks in heavy syrup
2 cups  white rice


Rinse chicken thighs ( I like to use thighs instead of breast, because thighs will not dry out during frying)off & dry off. Cut thighs into cubes & season with salt, pepper & Chinese 5 spice. Place thighs in a bowl, then next to that place two beaten eggs in a bowl, then next to that place 2 cups of flour in a Ziplock bag. Follow normal directions for making white rice. Next heat up some oil in a pan, peanut oil if you have any. Now, with your assembly line that is lined up, take a hand full of thighs & place them in the bowl of eggs, then place in Ziplock bag. Make sure thighs a re covered in flour, then place in frying oil. repeat steps till all of thighs are in the oil. Brown all the pieces &set aside. On medium heat place sweet & sour sauce, pineapple chunks & heavy syrup in a sauce pan. Mix together & finally add thighs in the pan. Cook for 20 minutes. Serve over white rice & with a nice bottle of sake. Enjoy.