Baked Sweet and Sour Chicken

So YUMMY!!! Thank you Pinterest for giving me a Chinese Food dish that I like! Oh and the 3 year-old at my house LOVED it too!

For the Chicken:
3 to 4 chicken breasts, cubed
salt and pepper
1 cup cornstarch (I used maybe 1/2-3/4 cup)
2 eggs, beaten
1/4 Cup oil

For the Sauce:
3/4 Cup Sugar
4 Tbsp ketchup
1/2 Cup Vinegar
1 Tbsp Soy Sauce
1 tsp garlic salt/powder

1) Preheat oven to 325. Season the chicken with salt and pepper (I just mixed my salt and pepper in with the cornstarch). Place cornstarch in a shallow container and eggs in another. Dip chicken into the cornstarch and coat well. Then dip into the eggs and coat well.
2) Preheat oil in a skillet. Place the egg coated chicken into the heated oil and cook until browned, but not cooked through. Once browned, transfer the chicken to a greased 9x13 pan.
3) Mix all the sweet and sour sauce ingredients together. Pour evenly over the chicken in the 9x13 pan.
4) Bake for one hour, turning the chicken every 15-20 minutes to ensure it gets evenly coated with sauce.Serve with Fried Rice. Delish!!

Sesame Pork Ribs

Here is another simple, easy crockpot meal. It is technically "Chinese" food, but I LOVED it and I really dislike Chinese food. Regardless, it was a win-win for all of my family. Sorry, no picture again. I didn't think I was going to post this one, so we ate without taking a picture of our food.

Here is what you need.

1 medium onion, sliced (I used minced)
3/4 Cup packed brown sugar
1/4 Cup soy sauce
1/4 Cup honey
1/2 Cup ketchup
2 Tbsp white vinegar
3 Garlic cloves, minced (I used powder)
1 tsp ginger
1/4 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
5 lbs country style pork ribs (I think any kind will do and I only used 2 really really LARGE ones since I only have 2 eaters in my house)
2 Tbsp sesame seeds
2 Tbsp chopped green onion (optional)

1) Line or spray crockpot. Place sliced onions in the bottom. Then add the ribs.
2) Combine brown sugar, soy sauce, ketchup, honey, vinegar, garlic, ginger, and pepper in a bowl and mix well.
3) Pour sauce over ribs.
4) Cook on low for 5 or 6 hours. Sprinkle with Sesame seeds 10 or 15 minutes before serving.
5) Serve and Garnish with green onion (optional).
Enjoy!

***Note: If I were to cook more than my couple LARGE ribs or if I was going to be gone for 6 or 8 hours, I would double the sauce recipe. The given one was enough for what we did, but I personally don't think that it is enough for all day cooking or for a greater quantity of ribs. I guess it depends on how "saucy" your family is.

Also, if we have this again in the summer, I am going to make the sauce and try them on the BBQ grill :)