Homemade Sweet & Sour Chicken with Tyson Any’tizers Popcorn Chicken for Quick Meal! Plus Support Your School with Tyson Project A+! #WMTProjectAPlus

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This Homemade Sweet & Sour recipe is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Tyson®. The opinions and text are all mine.

We just love takeout Chinese food in our family & the all-time favorite dish is Sweet & Sour Chicken. However, as you know, takeout Chinese can get pricey, especially when you add in delivery when you’re short on time, so we were excited when we came up with a recipe that our girls love to have Sweet & Sour Chicken homemade at home.

It can be a little time-consuming to make on busy school nights, though, as you first have to fry the chicken and then bake it in the sauce for about an hour to keep it crispy.  So, I was excited to try a short-cut using  Tyson® Popcorn Chicken- Any’tizers® snacks for our chicken and then combining it with our homemade Sweet & Sour Sauce.

We headed to Walmart today to pick up the Tyson® Popcorn Chicken- Any’tizers® snacks and by the time we had gotten home from running other errands, it was late & I needed to fix dinner quickly. This was such a nice way to still have a home-cooked meal but with the added convenience of using the pre-cooked chicken to speed up the whole process. All I needed to do with the chicken was to heat it up in the oven (you can microwave it too if you really need it quickly) and then combine with the sauce that I cooked on the stove top.  So, it sped up the whole process of making Sweet & Sour Chicken so I could get dinner on the table in about 20 minutes.

Sweet & Sour Chicken::

I’ve included the directions for making your own fried chicken in the recipe below, but I definitely encourage you to think about buying Tyson® Popcorn Chicken- Any’tizers® snacks as that will definitely speed up the process for getting dinner on the table quickly for this yummy Sweet & Sour Chicken meal.

You can also take out the pineapple if your family prefers not to have pineapple in the dish; however, I think that gives it a little extra sweetness, so you may want to adjust the Apple Cider Vinegar (lower it a little more) if you take it out or add a little more sugar. This recipe will really rely on what your taste is as to whether you like it more sour or sweet & you can adjust the Apple Cider Vinegar & sugar accordingly once you’ve tried it out.

Homemade Sweet & Sour Chicken

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Ingredients

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• Recipe for Fried Chicken (or use Tyson Popcorn Chicken – Any’tizer Snacks in place of these instructions)
• 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1-inch chunks
• Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
• 1/2 cup cornstarch
• 2 large eggs, beaten
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• Recipe for the Sweet & Sour Sauce
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
• 1/4 cup ketchup
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 can of pineapple slices or pineapple chunks

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Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Coat a 9×13 baking dish with non-stick spray.
2. To make the Sweet & Sour sauce:
3. Add sugar, vinegar, ketchup, soy sauce, and garlic powder in a large bowl and mix together with a whisk. Heat this up to boiling & then turn the temperature to medium. Add pineapple slices and simmer on the stove for 10 minute, stirring frequently.
4. To Fry the Chicken::
5. In a large bowl, season chicken with salt and pepper, to taste. Stir in cornstarch and gently toss to combine. Working one at a time, dip the chicken into the eggs.
6. Heat vegetable oil in a large saucepan. Add chicken and cook until golden brown, about 1-2 minutes. Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate; discard excess oil.
7. (You can skip this step if you use Tyson Popcorn Chicken. If using the frozen chicken, place on a baking sheet & place in oven for 15 minutes at 400 degrees or until crispy.)
8. Add chicken to sauce simmering on the stove and stir it all together.
9. Serve with rice.

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After trying out our homemade Sweet & Sour Chicken using the Tyson® Popcorn Chicken Any’tizers® Snacks, the whole family agreed that it was very tasty & tasted just like our version using chicken we fried ourselves. The chicken was very moist & tender and held the Sweet & Sour sauce & flavor very well.

It is all-white meat, which is packed with protein to give your kids extra fuel on those busy school nights. We will definitely be keeping these on hand for dinner shortcuts during the busy school year as they are so simple & easy to prepare for dinner or even an after-school snack.

Here are more Tyson® products which are participating in the Tyson Project A+™ Program::

• Honey BBQ Chicken Wyngz* – Any’tizers® snacks
• Buffalo Style Boneless Chicken Wyngz* – Any’tizers® snacks
• Popcorn Chicken- Any’tizers® snacks
• Homestyle Chicken Fries – Any’tizers® snacks

Tyson Project A+™ program:

Not only does Tyson® have great products to help you during those busy school nights, but you can also help support your school by buying select Tyson® products with the Walmart Tyson® Project A+™ program. You can collect Tyson Project A+ ™ labels from participating packages (look on the back to make sure it has the label) and clip the label off when you’re done with the product. For every label submitted, Tyson® will give your school cash to use the money however they need. This is definitely information to share with your parent-teacher group at your school or directly with the school, so they can encourage parents to buy Tyson® products & bring in those labels to support the school. You can find out more about the program at Walmart.com/TysonProjectAPlus.

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Tyson. The opinions and text are all mine.