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    Sweet and Sour Chicken Legs Recipe

    Last Updated On: Apr 8, 2025 by Aarthi

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    Sweet and Sour Chicken Legs recipe with step by step pictures. These chicken legs are cooked with a very delicious homemade sweet and sour sauce. It can be prepared within an hour.

    Sweet and Sour Chicken Legs

    This is one recipe which i made couple of weeks back and served it with roti, it turned out so good..I have another version of sweet and sour chicken which i will share soon. This is a much healthy version and tasty version.

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    Ingredients for Sweet and Sour Chicken Legs

    • Chicken Legs - 3
    • All Purpose Flour / Maida - 3 tbsp
    • Oil - 2 to 3 tbsp
    • Garlic - 1 tbsp finely chopped
    • Water as needed
    • Spring Onion - a small handful finely chopped

    For Sauce:

    • Pineapple Juice or Puree - 1 cup
    • Tomato ketchup - ½ cup
    • Chilli Powder - 2 tsp or to taste
    • Salt to taste
    • Sugar - 1 tblspn
    • Soy Sauce - 2 tsp
    • Vinegar - 1 tsp
    Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you.

    How to Make Sweet and Sour Chicken Legs

    1. Mix all the ingredients for sauce and set aside.
    2. Heat oil in a pan, dredge the chicken with flour and sear it in hot oil for 3 to 5 mins per side, remove to a plate.
    3. Now in the same pan, add in garlic and saute for a min.
    4. Add in the sauce ingredients and mix well.
    5. Add in little water and mix well.
    6. Drop in the chicken and coat with the sauce. Cover and simmer the pan for 25 to 30 mins.
    7. Add in spring onions and mix well.
    8. Serve.
     

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    Sweet and Sour Chicken Legs Recipe

    Sweet and Sour Chicken Legs recipe with step by step pictures. These chicken legs are cooked with a very delicious homemade sweet and sour sauce. It can be prepared within an hour.
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    Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 50 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 1 hour hour
    Servings: 2 servings

    Ingredients

    • Chicken Legs - 3
    • All Purpose Flour / Maida - 3 tblspn
    • Oil - 2 to 3 tblspn
    • Garlic - 1 tblspn finely chopped
    • Water as needed
    • Spring Onion - a small handful finely chopped
    • For Sauce:
    • Pineapple Juice or Puree - 1 cup
    • Tomato ketchup - ½ cup
    • Chilli Powder - 2 tsp or to taste
    • Salt to taste
    • Sugar - 1 tblspn
    • Soy Sauce - 2 tsp
    • Vinegar - 1 tsp

    Instructions

    • Mix all the ingredients for sauce and set aside.
    • Heat oil in a pan, dredge the chicken with flour and sear it in hot oil for 3 to 5 mins per side, remove to a plate.
    • Now in the same pan, add in garlic and saute for a min.
    • Add in the sauce ingredients and mix well.
    • Add in little water and mix well.
    • Drop in the chicken and coat with the sauce. Cover and simmer the pan for 25 to 30 mins.
    • Add in spring onions and mix well.
    • Serve.
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    Sweet and Sour Chicken Legs Step by Step

     

    Take all your ingredients
    lets make the sauce, take pineapple puree in a bowl
    add in ketchup
    add in salt, sugar and chilli powder
     soy sauce
    vinegar
    mix well and set aside
    take flour in a bowl

     

    dip chicken in this
    coat it on all sides
    fry this in little oil
    cook for 5 mins on each side
    remove to a plate
    add garlic in the pan
    fry for few mins
    add in the sauce
    mix well
    add little water
    mix well
    place the chicken in
    spoon the sauce over
    cover and simmer for 25 to 30 mins..Stir in-between
    now the chicken is cooked
    sprinkle with spring onions
    serve
     
     
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      What is the substitute for pineapple juice?

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    2. Aarthi

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      @Anonymousnot sure about that..may be you can add little water and add little more sugar and vinegar

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