Sweet and Sour Chicken Balls

Ingredients

• Vegetable oil

  Natreon canola, high stability, non trans, high oleic (70%)

  ½ tsp or 2g

• Pepper

  Spices, black

  1 dash or 0.1g

• Salt

  Table

  ½ tsp or 3g

• Water

  Plain, clean water

  100g

• Vinegar

  Cider

  35g

• Sugar

  White, granulated sugar

  55g

• Ketchup

  Low sodium

  25g

• Tomato puree

  Canned, without salt added

  5g

• Worcestershire sauce

  100g

• Flour, Self Rising

  Self Rising, Pillsbury

  10g

• Chicken breast

  Broilers or fryers, meat and skin, raw

  ½ full breast (both fillets) or 145g

Directions

1. Heat the oil in the pan on medium-high heat.
2. Prepare the chicken. Cut 8 two-inch strips (or more if you prefer). Season the meat with about 1/2 tsp salt and sprinkle of white pepper. Then using 1 tbsp of the self-raising flour coat the chicken strips with the flour.
3. Prepare the batter. Add the self-raising flour and the salt together. Mix 100g of cold water into the flour. Let the mixture rest for 5-10 minutes as it will rise a little and become a smoother batter. Add 1/2 teaspoon of vegetable oil into the mix to make it shiny.
4. To make the sweet and sour sauce: In a saucepan pour the vinegar and add the granulated sugar in, heat these up on a low heat until the sugar dissolves.
5. Add the ketchup, tomato puree and Worcester sauce and mix. Put this to one side as the sauce is now complete and ready.
6. Now bring your chicken and your batter to your stove where your oil is heated up. Turn it down to low heat. One chicken strip at a time, place a chicken strip into the batter and coat it. Then put it in to the oil. Repeat this step for the other strips.
7. Fry the balls for about 4 minutes until the batter is golden. If the balls are not floating after 4 minutes, leave it for an extra 1-2 minutes. Tip: If you find your batter browning too fast then add more oil to cool it down. Tip: when the balls float it generally means that the chicken is cooked. Use a slotted spoon to take the balls out.
8. Recipe by: Chinese Recipes for All.com (source: https://chineserecipesforall.com/recipes/view/sweet-and-sour-chicken-balls)