Crispy Chicken Balls With Sweet And Sour Sauce Recipe

Name: Crispy Chicken Balls With Sweet And Sour Sauce Recipe
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Cuisine: Chinese

Recipe By Slurrp

Crispy batter fried morsels of chicken served with a sweet and sour dipping sauce.Chinese chicken balls in batter, with a sweet and sour sauce. This was always one of my favourite Chinese take-out meals in the days when we used to get a takeaway. Now we just make our own favourite takeout meals at home. Quick and easy and at a fraction of the cost.

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Ingredients For Crispy Chicken Balls With Sweet And Sour Sauce Recipe

2 Chicken breastscut into bite size chunks Nos
1 Oil for deep frying ltr
As required Salt
Ingredients for marinade
2 tablespoon Rice Wine
1 teaspoon Sesame oil
0.5 teaspoon Black pepper
Ingredients for batter
3 tablespoon Sunflower oil
325 milliliter Water
350 gram Self raising flour
Ingredients for sauce
100 gram Ketchup
100 gram Sugar
75 milliliter White Vinegar
1 tablespoon Cornflour

Directions : Crispy Chicken Balls With Sweet And Sour Sauce Recipe

STEP 1.1 to marinate the chicken, in a mixing bowl place 2 chicken breasts cut into bite size chunks, add ½ tsp pepper,1 tsp sesame oil,2 tbsp cooking wine and salt to taste. Mix well together and keep aside to marinate for 30 minutes.

STEP 2.2 for the batter, in a mixing bowl add 3 tbsp sunflower oil, 350 gm self raising flour and gradually add 150ml water a little at a time, stirring continuously to avoid forming lumps. Mix well to form a smooth thick batter.

STEP 3.3 for the sweet and sour sauce, heat 175 ml water in a small saucepan, add 100 gm sugar, 75ml white vinegar, 100 gm ketchup, salt to taste, and 1 tbsp cornflour. Mix together well to ensure that no lumps are formed.

STEP 4.4 cook on low heat stirring continuously till sauce becomes thick and shiny. Remove from the heat.

STEP 5.5 next, place the marinated chicken in the bowl with the batter and mix well to evenly coat all the pieces of chicken.

STEP 6.6 in a wok heat 1 ltr of oil. When the oil reaches the correct temperature, a chopstick inserted in the hot oil will create bubbles.

STEP 7.7 at this stage add the coated chicken pieces to the hot oil one at a time to avoid them sticking together. Do not crowd the wok. Fry the chicken on batches.

STEP 8.8 fry on medium heat for 4 to 6 minutes till cooked through and evenly golden brown on all sides.

STEP 9.8 use a slotted spoon and remove the chicken from the wok. Drain off the excess oil.

STEP 10.10 let the oil on the wok on the heat for 1 minute .

STEP 11.11 then return all the pieces of chicken to the hot oil and fry again for 1 minute.

STEP 12.12 remove the chicken from the wok and drain off the excess oil.

STEP 13.13 serve the crispy chicken balls in a platter with the prepared sweet and sour sauce.

Nutrition
value

926

calories per serving

48 g Fat18 g Protein104 g Carbs9 g FiberOther

Current Totals

48 g Fat
18 g Protein
104 g Carbs
9 g Fiber

MacroNutrients

Carbs
104 g
Protein
18 g
Fiber
9 g

Fats

Fat
48 g

Vitamins & Minerals

Calcium
172 mg
Iron
7 mg
Vitamin A
12 mcg
Vitamin B1
1 mg
Vitamin B2
0 mg
Vitamin B3
4 mg
Vitamin B6
1 mg
Vitamin B9
81 mcg
Vitamin B12
0 mcg
Vitamin C
3 mg
Vitamin E
7 mg
Copper
2 mcg
Magnesium
230 mg
Manganese
1 mg
Phosphorus
488 mg
Selenium
12 mcg
Zinc
4 mg

Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. All nutritional information presented are estimates and not meant to substitute professional dietary advice or treatment

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