Delicious Polynesian Chicken
- 3 -4 lbs chicken, cut-up cut into pieces or 1 whole chicken, cut into pieces
- 14 cup soy sauce
- 3 -4 tablespoons cooking oil
- 1 teaspoon ginger powder
- 14 cup minced onion
- 12-1 cup flour
- salt and pepper (optional)
- 1 (20 ounce) can pineapple tidbits, drained and reserve juice
- 1 (11 ounce) can mandarin oranges, drained and reserve juice
- 2 -3 tablespoons cornstarch
- 14 cup water
- 13 cup slivered almonds
- Arrange the chicken in a large bowl.
- In a small bowl, mix together soy sauce, oil, ginger powder and onion, and pour over the chicken; toss to coat the chicken pieces.
- Marinate the chicken for about 1 hour in the mixture.
- After 1 hour, drain the chicken, and SAVE the marinade.
- Mix the flour with salt and pepper (if using).
- Coat each piece of chicken in flour, and shake off any excess flour.
- Prepare a large fry pan, and brown the chicken pieces in hot oil on both sides; set aside.
- In a bowl, combine the juice from the canned fruit with the reserved chicken soy marinade.
- Combine cornstarch with water, and add to the marinade; whisk to combine.
- Set oven to 350F.
- Place the chicken in a shallow greased baking dish.
- Cover with the sauce.
- Bake for about 40 minutes.
- Before serving top with the pineapple and mandarin fruit and sprinkle with almonds.
- Delicious!
chicken, soy sauce, cooking oil, ginger powder, onion, flour, salt, pineapple tidbits, mandarin oranges, cornstarch, water, almonds
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/delicious-polynesian-chicken-131131 (may not work)