BAKED SWEET AND SOUR CHICKEN THIGHS

Baked Sweet and Sour Chicken Thighs image

A delicious sweet and sour sauce simply made with ketchup, sugar, vinegar, and soy sauce is baked into breading of fried chicken. Most often requested recipe of my family. Worth the effort every time. Serve over white rice.

Provided by ANGIENAP

Categories Meat and Poultry Recipes Chicken Baked and Roasted Thighs

Time 1h

Yield 8

Number Of Ingredients 12

Ingredients

2 large eggs, beaten
1 cup cornstarch
2 teaspoons garlic salt
8 (5 ounce) bone-in chicken thighs
1 tablespoon vegetable oil, or as needed
1 pinch onion salt, or to taste
1 pinch garlic salt, or to taste
ground black pepper to taste
1 ½ cups white sugar
1 cup white vinegar
½ cup ketchup
2 tablespoons soy sauce

Steps:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Place eggs in a bowl. Combine cornstarch and garlic salt in a second bowl.
Dip chicken in egg, then coat in cornstarch mixture.
Heat oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Brown chicken in the hot oil on all sides, sprinkling with onion salt, garlic salt, and pepper while frying, 3 to 5 minutes.
Combine sugar, vinegar, ketchup, and soy sauce in a bowl.
Place browned chicken in a 9x13-inch casserole dish and pour sauce over top.
Bake in the preheated oven until chicken is no longer pink in the centers and juices run clear, 40 to 60 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).

Nutrition Facts : Calories 449.6 calories, Carbohydrate 56.4 g, Cholesterol 134 mg, Fat 13 g, Fiber 0.2 g, Protein 26.1 g, SaturatedFat 3.5 g, Sodium 1028 mg, Sugar 41 g