{"id":976,"date":"2026-01-20T06:33:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T06:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/?p=976"},"modified":"2026-01-20T06:33:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T06:33:29","slug":"baked-sweet-and-sour-chicken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/20\/baked-sweet-and-sour-chicken\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0Baked Sweet and Sour Chicken"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>\u00a0Baked Sweet and Sour Chicken<\/h2>\n<h3>\u00a0Ingredients<\/h3>\n<p><strong>For the Chicken:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 lbs (900 g) boneless, skinless chicken breast, cut into chunks<\/li>\n<li>Salt &amp; black pepper, to taste<\/li>\n<li>1 cup cornstarch<\/li>\n<li>2 eggs, beaten<\/li>\n<li>\u00bc cup vegetable oil (for baking)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Sweet &amp; Sour Sauce:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00be cup sugar<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd cup apple cider vinegar (or white vinegar)<\/li>\n<li>\u00bc cup ketchup<\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoon soy sauce<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon garlic powder<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u00a0Instructions<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Preheat oven<\/strong> to 325\u00b0F (165\u00b0C).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Prepare the chicken<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Season chicken with salt and pepper.<\/li>\n<li>Coat chicken pieces in cornstarch.<\/li>\n<li>Dip them into beaten eggs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bake the chicken (first bake)<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Heat oil in a baking dish in the oven until hot.<\/li>\n<li>Carefully place chicken in the hot oil.<\/li>\n<li>Bake for <strong>30 minutes<\/strong>, turning once halfway.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Make the sauce<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>In a bowl, whisk together sugar, vinegar, ketchup, soy sauce, and garlic powder.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bake again with sauce<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Pour sauce evenly over the chicken.<\/li>\n<li>Return to oven and bake <strong>30 more minutes<\/strong>, stirring every 10 minutes to coat well.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Serve hot<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Best served with <strong>steamed rice<\/strong> or <strong>fried rice<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>You can add pineapple or bell peppers if you like.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>\u00a0Tips<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Chicken stays crispy outside and juicy inside<\/li>\n<li>Sauce thickens naturally while baking<\/li>\n<li>Perfect for meal prep or family dinners<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Baked Sweet and Sour Chicken \u00a0Ingredients For the Chicken: 2 lbs (900 g) boneless, skinless chicken breast, cut into chunks&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":977,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=976"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":978,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/976\/revisions\/978"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}