Sweet - And - Sour Chicken

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper
• 1 (6 ounce) can pineapple juice
• 3 tablespoons ketchup
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 large boneless chicken breasts, in strips
• 1 large carrot, sliced
• 1/4 cup onion, chopped
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vegetable oil
• 1 medium zucchini, sliced 1/2 inch thick
• 1/2 medium sweet red pepper, cut into strips
• 1/2 medium green pepper, cut into strips
• 1 (8 ounce) can unsweetened pineapple tidbits, drained
• cooked rice

Recipe

• 1 in a bowl, combine sugar, cornstarch, pepper and pineapple juice until smooth. (*if you drain juice from tidbits and add apple or orange juice to make 6 oz - this works just as well.) stir in the ketchup, lemon juice and soy sauce. set aside.
• 2 in a nonstick skillet or wok, cook chicken, carrot and onion in oil (or use veg. spray - works just as well) until chicken is browned.
• 3 add the zucchini and red and green peppers. stir until vegetables are crisp-tender.
• 4 pour sauce that was set aside over chicken/vegetable mixture.
• 5 add pineapple.
• 6 bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened.
• 7 serve over hot cooked rice.