Name: Ground Sweet and Sour Chicken Recipe
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 1½ lbs ground chicken; 1 tbsp Vegetable Oil; ½ yellow onion; ½ green bell pepper; ½ red bell pepper; 1 cup pineapple; For Sauce:; ½ cup sugar; ¼ cup brown sugar; ½ cup apple cider vinegar; ⅓ cup ketchup; 4 tsp reduced sodium soy sauce; 2 cloves garlic

How To Make Ground Sweet and Sour Chicken

Using ground meat is the secret to making sweet and sour chicken with all the flavors but with fewer calories. This dish takes is ready in 20 minutes.

Preparation: 5 minutes

Cooking: 15 minutes

Total: 20 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

1½lbsground chicken
1tbspvegetable oil
½yellow onion,cut into ½-inch pieces
½green bell pepper,cut into ½-inch pieces
½red bell pepper,cut into ½-inch pieces
1cuppineapple,diced

For Sauce:

½cupsugar
¼cupbrown sugar
½cupapple cider vinegar
⅓cupketchup
4tspreduced sodium soy sauce
2clovesgarlic,minced

Instructions

To make the sauce, whisk together the sugar, brown sugar, apple cider vinegar, ketchup, soy sauce and garlic into a small bowl. Set aside.
To a large pan over medium heat, add 1 tablespoon oil and ground chicken.
Cook until a good crust forms before breaking apart, then finish cooking by breaking it apart with a spatula and cooking for an additional 2 to 3 minutes.
Remove the chicken from the pan, leaving oil, or add 1 tablespoon oil if draining chicken.
Add the bell peppers, onion and pineapple and cook for 1 to 2 minutes, until crisp-tender.
Add the sauce to the pan and stir to coat everything, cooking for 30 seconds to warm the garlic.
Return chicken to the pan and toss to coat, cooking 1 to 2 more minutes until the sauce has thickened.