seared chicken & onion with sweet & sour soy sauce

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ingredients:

• 18 ounces boneless chicken thigh
• 5 1/4 ounces onion
• 2 or 3 garlic cloves
• a little salt
• a little pepper
• 4 tablespoons potato starch (katakuriko)
• 1 tablespoon salad oil

sweet & sour soy sauce:

• 3 tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
• 1 teaspoon sugar

step 1:

Cut the chicken into bite-size pieces. Sprinkle with the salt and pepper. Slice the garlic. Slice the onion into 1/2 in. wide pieces.

step 2:

Dust the chicken with the potato starch (katakuriko).

step 3:

To make the sweet and sour soy sauce, mix the soy sauce, rice vinegar and sugar.

step 4:

Heat the salad oil in a frying pan over a low flame and sear the garlic. After it changes color, remove from the pan. Add the chicken. Sear for 5 minutes on each side.

step 5:

Add the onion slices. Sear for 3 minutes and stir occasionally for 2 minutes.

step 6:

Add the seared garlic and the sauce. Stir occasionally for a couple of minutes.