Healthy Sweet and Sour Chicken
Make this healthy sweet and sour chicken the next time a craving for takeout hits! It only takes 20 minutes and bakes on one pan for easy cleanup.
Servings: 4 servings
Ingredients
For the Sheet Pan:
- 1 lb Chicken Breasts diced
- ½ cup White Onion sliced
- 1 Green Bell Pepper sliced
- 1 Red Bell Pepper sliced
- 1 Yellow Bell Pepper sliced
- ½ cup Pineapple fresh or thawed
- 1 tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil or use an oil sprayer
- ½ teaspoon Garlic Powder
- ½ teaspoon Ginger
- Salt and Pepper to taste
- Optional Green Onions sliced
For the Sauce:
- 1/8 cup Coconut Sugar or sugar of choice
- 1 1/2 tablespoons Coconut Aminos or low sodium soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons Rice Wine Vinegar
- 1 tablespoon Tapioca Flour or cornstarch
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 F. Prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Spread the sliced bell peppers and onions evenly across the sheet pan then add the diced chicken and pineaple throughout.
- Drizzle the extra virgin olive oil over the veggies and chicken. Then sprinkle the seasonings, salt and pepper.
- Bake at 375 F for 20-25 minutes until chicken is cooked through.
- While the recipe bakes, add the ingredients for the sauce to a small saucepan and bring to a boil while whisking together the ingredients. Once boiling reduce temperature to low then simmer until the sheet pan is done.
- Remove the sheet pan from the oven and immediately drizzle with the sauce. Garnish with sliced green onions and serve over brown rice or cauliflower rice.
Notes
- Cut your chicken breasts and pineapple into similarly sized pieces to help them cook evenly and at the same rate.
- Preheat the lined sheet pan in the oven to sear the chicken and vegetables and enhance the flavor.
- Remove the pan from the oven halfway through cooking and stir the chicken and vegetables to be sure they cook evenly.
- Nutrition data does not include the rice.
- Serving is 1/4th of the recipe: 1 pound of chicken is 16 ounces so 1/4th equals 4 ounces approximately.
Nutrition
Serving: 1serving | Calories: 232kcal | Carbohydrates: 17g | Protein: 25g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 73mg | Sodium: 273mg | Potassium: 655mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 1147IU | Vitamin C: 129mg | Calcium: 22mg | Iron: 1mg