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Sweet and Sour Chicken with Cherries
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Sweet and Sour Chicken with Cherries

14 ingredients 10 min + 10 min 4 openrecipes
Sweet and Sour Chicken with Cherries

Growing up in Nebraska, the closest family was nearly 8,000 miles away in Hong Kong and so our "family" was made of neighbors and co-workers of my Dad at the city utility offices. On the weekends, ...

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1067
Calories
51g
Protein
20g
Fat
174g
Carbs

Counts 14 of 15 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 14 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Cherry 1 cup (138g) 87
Honey 1 tbsp (21g) 64
Orange 1 medium (131g) 62
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Agave 1 tsp (7g) 21
Soy Sauce 1 tbsp (15ml) 9
Chili 1 tsp (2.7g) 8
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Vinegar 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled 3
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Sauce not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 6 ounces boneless chicken, cut into bite sized pieces
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce
  • ½ teaspoon cornstarch
  • 2 tablespoons cooking oil, divided
  • ½ onion, cut into 1” chunks
  • 1 ½ cups fresh cherries (2 handfuls), pitted and halved
  • 1/2 red pepper, cut into 1” chunks
  • 1/2 yellow pepper, cut into 1” chunks
  • For the Sweet and Sour Sauce
  • 1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger
  • 2 tablespoons honey or agave nectar
  • 3 tablespoons orange juice
  • 3 tablespoons ketchup
  • 3 tablespoons white vinegar

Directions

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By steamykitchen · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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