baked sweet & sour chicken. fried rice.

tonight's dinner was the first time i saw olivia eat voraciously other than when i make pancakes or french toast.  she had 3 HUGE helpings and kept saying this was the best dinner ever!  she even ate the rice which was filled with vegetables that she usually complains about.  very happy about this meal!

i liked this recipe because it wasn't too "sicky sweet" like others i've tried and it wasn't thick either.

the recipe and pics are from here, but i doubled the sauce in this recipe because i felt like it needed more.

Baked Sweet & Sour Chicken-
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
salt and pepper
1 C. flour
3-4 eggs, beaten
1/4 C. olive oil

1) preheat oven to 325°.
2) rinse chicken, cube; season with salt and pepper.
3) dip chicken in flour and then into eggs.
4) heat oil in frying pan, lightly fry chicken until browned.
5) place chicken in 9x13 pan; mix sauce ingredients in a bowl with a whisk and pour evenly
over the chicken.
6)bake for a half hour, stirring chicken halfway.

sauce: (i doubled this)
3/4 C. sugar
4 T. ketchup
1/2 C. white vinegar
1 T. soy sauce
1 tsp. garlic salt

fried rice:
2 C. cooked rice (left-over works the best)
3 T. sesame oil (or olive oil)
1 C. frozen peas
2 carrots, diced
1 small onion, diced
2 tsp. minced garlic
2 T. sesame seeds
2 eggs, lightly beaten
4 T. soy sauce
1 T. fish sauce
1-2 T. rice wine vinegar

1) heat oil over medium heat in a large skillet.
2) add vegetables, sesame seeds and garlic; fry until tender.
3) lower heat, push mixture off to one side, put in eggs and fry until scrambled.
4) add in rice and sauces, stirring well to combine and heat through.

i added in the sesame seeds, fish oil and rice wine vinegar because i didn't have any sesame oil and it came out really well.