This is my third take on "What's Cooking Challenge" by @jaynie!

I was tagged by @iamjadeline and @kimmiecfields some time ago. Sorry for the late foodie aka cooking post at my end; I just have not had the chance to take time off to do cooking due to travelling and crazy teacher-month in May. Today's recipe is a Chinese-inspired dish, here comes my sweet-and-sour chicken! Like always (based on my kitchen's inspiration), this dish will not take a long time to prepare and cook, and most of the ingredients may already exist in your kitchen cabinet and refrigerator. So, let's get started!

Ingredients: (for 3 - 4 pax)

1. 45 g of cornstarch
2. 500g of boneless, skinless chicken breast
3. 2 eggs
4. One green bell pepper
5. 3/4 cup of apple cider vinegar
6. 1 tablespoon of soy sauce
7. 1/4 cup of tomato ketchup
8. Black pepper and salt for seasoning
9. Oil
10. 4 - 5 cloves of fresh garlic
11. 20 g of white sesame seeds
12. Some chopped scallions
    *Please change the above measurements to suit your taste palette. :)

Steps for the chicken:

• Chop the chicken into smaller pieces, preferably about same sizes so that it is easier to manage the cooking time.
• Heat up your pan over a medium-high heat for about 3 minutes.
• Lightly toast the white sesame seeds in the pan.
• While waiting, beat the eggs in a bowl.
• Place the cornstarch in another bowl.

• Take out the lightly toasted sesame seeds from the pan.
• Add some oil into the pan, and leave it for about 5 to 8 minutes.
• Season the chicken with some salt and pepper.
• Coat the chicken with cornstarch, and dip them in the beaten egg mixture before frying them in the pan.
• You need to do this in few batches, and cooking alert! OIL SPLATTER!
• Fry until they are golden, crispy and cooked through. Take it out and set aside in a plate.

Steps for the sweet-and-sour sauce:

• In a separate pan, add some oil and heat it up to a medium-high heat for about 3 minutes.
• While waiting, chop the fresh garlic, scallion and green bell pepper.
• Fry the garlic chunks until your kitchen smells darn awesome.
• Add the apple cider vinegar, soy sauce, ketchup, and sugar. Leave it for about 4 minutes.
• Add the green bell pepper, and wait until the sauce thickens.

• Do some quick tasting, and adjust further to your liking.
• Add the fried chicken into the thickened sauce.
• Toss them around so that they are fully coated with the sauce.
• Add the lightly toasted sesame seeds.
• AND YOUR DISH IS READY! :D

Here's a selfie of the amateur chef and her sweet-and-sour chicken dish today!

Please pardon my Saturday morning look. #lazyteacher

I had my dish with some organic brown rice I bought from the mall.

If you have other fantastic recommendations for me, please let me know in the comments section below! Ever since I moved out of my home country, I have started cooking a lot more, and just experimenting with different recipes. It worked brilliantly, and at times, things have gone wrong in the kitchen too. HAHAHAA! Oh welp! :D

Mmm, now kicking off my five nominations to continue with this cooking challenge:

@sweetpea
@joannewong
@alimamasstory
@josephinengpy
@cookntell

Note: This is also my entry in #dailyfoodphotography curated by @mininthecity :)

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