Baked Sweet and Sour Chicken with Fried Rice
You can enjoy amazing Chinese food at home with this Baked Sweet and Sour Chicken with Fried rice recipe. This is one delicious dinner!
I have a DELICIOUS recipe for you all! I am so excited to share this one. My family and I LOVE this dish. It has such a great flavor. You could probably trick your family into thinking you picked up Chinese food at a gourmet restaurant. It is that good, I promise!
I found these recipe one million years ago on Mel’s Kitchen Cafes website. Her site is filled with incredible recipes. I made this last night for dinner and I think we all ate it up within 10 minutes! It’s so good. I hope you give it a try soon. 🙂
Baked Sweet and Sour Chicken
Delicious sweet and sour chicken baked in the oven. This recipe beats any take-out Chinese!
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Ingredients
Chicken
- 3 to 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- salt and pepper
- 1 cup cornstarch
- 2 large eggs beaten
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
Sweet and Sour Sauce
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup ketchup
- 1/2 cup distilled white vinegar
- 1 Tablespoon low sodium soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon garlic salt
Instructions
Chicken
- Preheat the oven to 325 ℉. Cut the chicken breasts into 1-inch pieces. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Place the cornstarch in a gallon-sized Ziplock bag. Place the chicken pieces into the bag with the cornstarch and seal, tossing to coat the chicken.
- Whisk the eggs together in a shallow pie plate.
- Meanwhile, heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat until very hot. Dip the cornstarch-coated chicken pieces in the egg and place them carefully in a single layer in the hot skillet.
- Cook for 20 to 30 seconds on each side until the crust is golden. (The chicken will finish cooking in the oven.)
- Place the chicken pieces in a single layer in a 9×13-inch baking dish and repeat with the remaining chicken pieces.
Sweet and Sour Sauce
- Mix the sweet and sour sauce ingredients together in a medium bowl and pour evenly over the chicken.
- Bake the chicken, uncovered, for 40 minutes, tossing the chicken once at the halfway mark. Serve over warm rice and enjoy!
Notes
Serve this delicious chicken with the fried rice recipe below!
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Recipe time updated to 40 minutes on 8/4/25
Ingredients
- 1 Tablespoon sesame oil
- 1 Tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 cup frozen peas and carrots
- 1 small white onion chopped
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic
- 2 large eggs slightly beaten
- 3 cups cold cooked white rice (important it is pre-cooked cold rice)
- 1/4 cup low sodium soy sauce
Instructions
- Heat the sesame oil and vegetable oil, over medium-high heat, in a large skillet or wok. Add the peas/carrots mix, onion, and garlic. Stir fry until veggies are tender.
- Lower the heat to medium low and push the mixture off to one side, then pour eggs on the other side of skillet. Stir fry until scrambled.
- Add the cold, cooked rice and soy sauce. Stir and blend all together until thoroughly heated. Serve and enjoy!
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I’m not surprised that this recipe has 205 comments because it’s absolutely delicious! I was so impressed by how it tasted just like take out Chinese, but cheaper! Thank you so much for sharing!! I featured this on my blog today and will be following you for more recipes! 🙂
Can I make this without the sauce? I love the chicken part at chinese restaurants but not the sauce. Will it still work?
I found this by way of Pinterest, and let me just say that this sweet and sour chicken is one of the best things I’ve ever eaten! It was super easy! My husband said it was better than any Chinese food he’s ever had and he dreams of Chinese food day and night! I also asked my friend from China how he made it and this is a pretty spot on recipe, other than the baking part. He just does it all on the stove. Great recipe though, and I will definitely be making this again and again and again!
Made this tonight and it was great! Absolutely delish! I despise sesame oil so I subbed olive oil and added extra garlic and soy sauce. I had fresh snow peas and carrots so I chopped those up and added them that way. Also added bean sprouts to the rice. So good!
As for the chicken, spot on restaurant style! Even better! The Chinese restaurant by me isn’t the best and the chicken is always soooo fatty I’m so thrilled I found this! Maybe sub orange juice for the ketchup for an orange chicken! Yumm!
Made this for the second time tonight. The first time we followed the recipe. It was really good but we let the chicken sit a little too long waiting for the rice so it was little soggy. Tonight I just fried the chicken until completely cooked then tossed with the sauce. It was unbelievable! We will make it regularly! The rice is wonderful too.
I am not one who likes sweet & sour chicken, but this is sooo yummy! It was a little time consuming, dipping the chicken one by one in the cornstarch then egg, but totally worth it! Next time I will double the sweet&sour sauce recipe, because we like our sauce! Thanks for sharing! (found on pinterest)
Can’t wait to make this, How long would u say you cook the chicken in the skillet before putting it in the oven to bake? And how many people does this recipe serve as you have it listed?
This is the BEST sweet and sour chicken I have ever eaten in my life! And I dont even like sweet and sour chicken. But THIS is fantastic!!! Thank you so much for posting this delicious and simple recipe. Im glad I came across it.
We made both the chicken and fried rice and it went over a million times better with my kids than I expected it too! They kept saying the whole time “Mom and Dad thank you so much for making this wonderful food!” We all agreed this is one to make again and again!
Came here from Pardon My Dust. I can not wait to try this. It’s exactly what I get from Panda Express
I made this tonight and it was AMAZING!!!!! Thank you so much for sharing this recipe! 🙂
Oh my, this was amazing. So yummy and I loved that you cooked it in the oven. It was still delicious the next day heated up in the microwave. Thank you so much.
Hey 🙂 this looks amazing 🙂
just wondering as I’m from England…went to the shops today and could not find distilled white vinegar…
we have white vinegar or distilled malt vinegar…could I use either of those?
Also what other alternative oil could you use if we don’t have canola oil?
thank you!! Love reading your recipes 🙂
Hi Charley! I think just White Vinegar would be fine. Also, you could use vegetable oil instead of canola. Hope you enjoy the recipe!
THANK YOU SO MUCH for this recipe!!! It’s a HIT at our table of 5 MEN!!!! and I was happy because it was relatively simple to make!!!
Made this tonight was nervous because I was having company but it was awesome! I even bought lower sodium teriyaki sauce instead of soy sauce on accident! Next time I’m gonna look for a lower sodium option and buy the salt free ketchup just to lower the sodium I think it will still taste amazing!!!
Put your recipe on the meal plan this month. Can’t wait to try it out.
We LOVE this recipe!!! My 8 year old has decided it’s his new favorite meal! I’ve made it a few times now and tonight I am making it in my crock pot! My house just gets to hot with the oven on for that long!
This was so good! I made this just an hour ago and my husband and children just loved it! Thank you for the excellent meal this will be going in our family cookbook!
A great recipe– it was delicious!
I found this on Pinterest! My husband and I made this last night and it turned out perfect! This recipe is super simple and easy! We will never order take out again! This is way better and totally worth the time! Thanks for sharing with us! I’m looking forward to reading through your blog!
Made this tonight – definitely recommend it! Next time I might halve the recipe, it’s lot of food for two people. Also, the soy sauce was a little strong for me, but still very good.
I am making this now. After I am done I will probably be sharing your link on my blog. I found this recipe through Pinterest. I made a few adjustments for me bc I can’t have soy and my husband is diabetic. Thank you!
Hi this sounds really yummy. I am going to give this a try tomorrow. You say its 7pts, how much is 7pts, a Cup or a half a cup ?
Oh my lanta, this is awesome! I made it for dinner tonight and my husband approved it for a weekly meal! Seriously hanks for sharing!!!