Easy Sweet and Sour Chicken with green and yellow peppers. Serve with brown rice for a tasty dinner!
I know what you're thinking. How can this be sweet and sour chicken? It's not even red, but the red sweet and sour sauce you usually see in Chinese restaurants is usually because of red food coloring. I remember eating it as a kid but it was way too sweet with not enough sour so I gravitated towards curry and other spicier meals, which is probably the reason I have such a tolerance for hot and spicy foods now. I'm keeping my version clean and simple. The chicken is quickly cooked in a wok so no deep-frying needed here and the sauce is light with only a few ingredients to get that tangy sweet and sour taste. Pineapple is also a traditional addition to this dish, I opted to skip it but feel free to add some small pieces of diced pineapple if you like. Sweet and sour also calls for plenty of crunchy vegetables like peppers and onions, so load up with these and you'll be making healthier choices.
I added some ketchup to my sauce but even with that I still couldn't get that familiar red shade. The sauce is pretty clear and colorless but the flavor is definitely there. I always have some bags of frozen brown rice in the freezer for recipes like this. It's so much easier than boiling water and waiting for the rice to cook, or you could switch the rice to cauliflower rice for an even lower carb version of this famous Chinese takeout. This sweet and sour chicken will give you all of the taste you're familiar with but won't make you feel bloated and full because if you love Chinese food as much as me, it's hard to put that fork down and call it a day, right?
Check out some of my other favorite takeout dinners!
Have a great week friends!
