Sweet and Sour Chicken/ Orange Chicken

Start out with a basic battered chicken for both dishes.

Batter: 2 1/4 C flour
1 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
2 Tbsp oil
2 Tbsp corn starch
1/4 tsp ground black pepper
1 egg

Combine all ingredients in a bowl. Add 1 1/2 C water gradually to make a thick batter. Add pieces of bite sized chicken. Stir chicken in batter until chicken is well coated. Fry pieces of chicken in hot oil (360 F) for about 10 minutes or until golden and chicken is done. Remove pieces from oil and drain. Serve with stir fry veggies over rice with your choice of sauces.

Sweet and Sour Sauce:
1 1/2 C water
3/4 C sugar
1/2 C vinegar
squirt of kethchup.
Pineapple juice from 1 8 oz can of pineapple chunks.

Place the above ingredients into a sauce pan and heat to boiling. Turn down heat to low. Combine 1/4 C cornstarch and 1/4 C water, then stir slurry into sauce pan. Stir well at a slow simmer until thickened.

Orange Sauce:
2/3 C orange juice (or juice of 1 fresh orange)
1 1/2 C water
sesame seeds (to taste)
1/3 C rice vinegar
2 1/2 Tbsp soy sauce
1 T minimum orange zest (do the whole orange if you like it the orange flavor more)
1 C packed brown sugar
1/2 tsp minced ginger root
2 T chopped green onion
1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
3 T cornstarch (with 2 T water to make slurry).

Prepare essentially the same as the Sweet and Sour sauce.