Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Japanese Chicken

I think all my favorite recipes come from friends!  This one is from my friend Colleen - a high school buddy, a room mate when we both "left home" and my maid of honor at my wedding.  This recipe has somewhat of a chinese take out flavor to it.  Delicious!

- Chicken (breasts or pieces)
- 1 egg
- flour
- oil
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup vinegar
- 3 tbsp soya sauce
- 3 tbsp water
- 1/2 tsp baking soda

Dip chicken (I like to cut up my chicken breasts into smaller pieces, but you can leave them whole as well) into beaten egg, then flour.  Fry in small amount of oil until golden brown and transfer to casserole dish.  Mix sugar, vinegar, soya sauce and water and pour over chicken.  Bake at 350 for an hour (less if you're using chicken breasts).  Right before serving, stir baking soda into the sauce and stir it around.
*I tried this recipe with half the amount of sugar and while it was ok, it wasn't as tasty as the full sugar version.  Surprise, surprise.  ;)

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