Baked Sweet and Sour Chicken Thighs

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.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 45 mins
• Total Time: 60 mins
• Calories: 450 Calories

Ingredients

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

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Step 2

Place eggs in a bowl. Combine cornstarch and garlic salt in a second bowl.

Step 3

Dip chicken in egg, then coat in cornstarch mixture.

Step 4

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.

Step 5

Combine sugar, vinegar, ketchup, and soy sauce in a bowl.

Step 6

Place browned chicken in a 9x13-inch casserole dish and pour sauce over top.

Step 7

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).