Baked Sweet Hawaiian Chicken

Prep time
20 mins
Cook time
1 hour
Total time
1 hour 20 mins

This is as close to Mom's delicious recipe-less pineapple sweet and sour as I've been able to find. The chicken breading is rather time consuming, so if you can find pre-breaded somewhere that would cut a significant amount of the cooking time. I adapted this from: http://therecipecritic.com/2015/07/baked-sweet-hawaiian-chicken/

Serves: 4-6
Ingredients
* 3-4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
* Salt and pepper to taste
* 1½ cup cornstarch
* 3 eggs, beaten
* ¼ cup canola oil- I use avocado oil
* Sweet Hawaiian Ingredients:
* 1 cup pineapple juice
* ½ cup brown sugar
* ⅓ cup soy sauce
* 1 tablespoon (or more!) minced garlic
* ½ tablespoon cornstarch
* 1 red pepper chopped
* 1 onion chopped
* 1 pineapple (the recipe calls for a can of tidbits, but the fresh stuff is so much better)
* Other veggies according to preference: carrots, peas, etc.

Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees*. Cut chicken breasts into bite-sized pieces and season with salt and pepper.
2. In separate bowls, place cornstarch and slightly beaten eggs. Dip chicken into cornstarch then coat in egg mixture. (yes you dip the chicken first in the cornstarch. I promise this method is amazing.)
3. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat and cook chicken until browned. Place the chicken in a 9 x 13 greased baking dish.
4. Sauté onions, red peppers, other veggies, and minced garlic
5. In a medium sized mixing bowl, whisk together pineapple juice, brown sugar, soy sauce, minced garlic, and cornstarch. Add the sautéed stuff and pineapple. Pour over chicken and bake for 1 hour*
6. *Stir the chicken every 15 minutes so that it coated them in the sauce.

*I have never baked this, I just add the chicken back in the pan after sautéing the veggies and then pour the sauce in and allow the sauce to thicken up on the stove. It turns out delicious and cuts back the cooking time.