Sheet Pan Sweet & Sour Chicken or Pork

Half Baked Harvest recipe

Prep time: 15 minutes      Cook Time: 20 minutes         Total time: 35 minutes

Calories per serving 428

Ingredients

3/4lbs            Chicken breast or pork tenderloin

1ea                Egg, beaten

1/8C              AP flour

1/2t                Ground ginger

Pinch             Salt

Pinch             Black pepper

1/2C              Broccoli florets

1ea                Bell pepper, sliced

1ea                Shallot,quartered

2T                 Extra virgin olive oil, or sesame oil

1/2C              Sweet Thai chili sauce

1/6C              Soy sauce

1/4C              Apple juice

1/8C              Rice vinegar

1/2T              Ketchup

1/2T              Creamy peanut butter

1/2ea             Jalapeno sliced and seeded

1 clove          Garlic, grated

Rice and cilantro for serving

Process

Preheat the oven to 475F

Line a baking sheet with parchment paper, or grease with oil

Add the chicken or pork, egg, and a pinch of pepper to a bowl

Toss to combine

Add the flour and ginger to another bowl

Dredge the chicken or pork in batches through the flour, tossing to coat

Place the chicken or pork on one side of the baking sheet

Drizzle with 2T of oil

Add the broccoli, peppers, and shallots to the other side of the baking sheet and drizzle with 2T of oil

Bake 15 minutes

Reduce the oven temperature to 400F

Meanwhile, combine the sweet Thai chili sauce, soy sauce, apple sauce, rice vinegar, ketchup, peanut butter, jalapeno, and garlic in a medium saucepan.

Set over medium-high heat and bring the sauce to a boil

Boil 5-8 minutes, until the sauce thickens and reduces by about 1/3

Serve the chicken or pork and the remaining sauce over bowls of rice topped with cilantro

Serve the vegetables on the side

Remove from the heat

Pour half of the sauce over the chicken or pork tossing to combine

Toss the vegetables

Return everything to the oven for 3 minutes, until the sauce coats the chicken or pork

Watch closely because the sauce will burn easily

Serve the chicken or pork and the remaining sauce over bowls of rice topped with cilantro

Serve the vegetables on the side