RFCJ RECIPE ARCHIVE
Posted by : Blanche Nonken Chicken, Sweet-Sour w/Pineapple - meat
I have a good recipe here - if you can get the ingredients KLP, it would probably be a nice change of pace from the heavy meat portion of the dinner. It's adapted a bit for the holiday - I give 1 tsp salt instead of 1/2 tsp salt and 1 tbsp soy. I'd guess that soy, being a fermented product usually made with wheat as well, isn't applicable - the reduced poaching liquid helps fill out the flavor as a replacement. Also, the vinegar has been replaced with lemon juice. Sweet-Sour Chicken With Pineapple 1 lb poached chicken breasts or thigh meat, chunked (reduce poaching liquid to about 1/2 cup and save) 1/4 c. brown sugar 2 tbst potato starch 1 tsp salt 1/4 c. lemon juice 1/2 tsp ground ginger 1 #1 can pineapple chunks, packed in juice, drained and juice reserved 1 green pepper, cut in chunks 1 medium onion (a sweet one works best) cut in chunks In a saucepan, mix brown sugar, starch, and salt. Add lemon juice, ginger, pineapple juice and reduced poaching liquid. Cook this mixture until slightly thick, stirring constantly. Add pepper, onion, and pineapple chunks and cook 2 or 3 minutes. Just before serving, stir in the chicken and cook until chicken is warm, about 2 or 3 minutes. Serve.
