Chinese
The Frugal Foodie
From
The Frugal Foodie
season
1
episode
8
Crispy Sweet and Sour Chicken Gluten Free
With
Steph De Sousa
SERVES
4
Ingredients
1.5kg Broad Oak Farms Thigh Cutlet bone-in, skin-off Chicken pieces
400ml Farmdale Buttermilk
2 cups gluten free White Mill Plain Flour
2 cups White Mill Corn Flour
Stone Mill Salt
Olive Oil spray
For the spice mix: 2 heaped tbsp Smoked Paprika
For the spice mix: 1 heaped tbsp Oregano
For the spice mix: 1 tbsp Garlic powder
For the spice mix: 1 tbsp Onion powder
For the spice mix: 1 tbsp White Pepper
For the sweet and sour sauce: 1 cup Pineapple juice
For the sweet and sour sauce: 3/4 cup Brown Sugar
For the sweet and sour sauce: 3 tbsp Tomato Sauce
For the sweet and sour sauce: 1/3 cup White Vinegar
For the sweet and sour sauce: 2 tbsp Soy Sauce
For the sweet and sour sauce: 1.5 tbsp Cornflour
For the sweet and sour sauce: 2 tbsp cold Water
Method
In a large bowl, pour the Buttermilk over the Chicken and let soak in the fridge for a few hours.
Mix the Corn Flour, gluten free Flour, the spice mix and a generous amount of Salt and mix.
Coat the Buttermilk Chicken pieces in the Flour mix using tongs, ensuring a generous amount of Buttermilk is on the Chicken to create a moist, raggy flour coating.
Spray the air fryer basket and also spray the Chicken with Olive Oil spray.
Cook in the air fryer on 200 degrees for about 12-15 minutes each side (depending on Chicken cut and size), turning halfway through and give another Olive Oil spray.
For the Sweet and Sour sauce: Add the Brown Sugar, Corn Flour and mix, add the Pineapple Juice, Vinegar, Tomato Sauce and Soy Sauce in a small saucepan or electric frypan and bring to the boil whilst whisking.
Serve sauce on top of or next to your Fried Chicken for dipping.
Steph De Sousa
Steph De Sousa cooks as The Frugal Foodie, building recipes around what's already in the pantry and the produce nobody wants to throw out. Her style is straightforward and budget-aware without being austere: roast vegetable peelings, second-day rice, a freezer worked properly. She brings practical home rhythms to Savour and Wander.
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