Sweet and Sour chicken with fried Rice a success

So the meal was a success and the chicken tasted just like the sweet and sour chicken you would get from a restaurant. I think it tasted similar to what I would get at PF Chang's. I know next I want to try the spicy and sweet chicken. But anyways, the chicken and sauce was really easy to make and so was the rice. The majority of the ingredients, I already had in the fridge and pantry. This is how I made my delicious homemade meal (I got the receipe from pinterest and changed it a little bit around). It was cheapish as well. I only spent $23 on everything I needed but it will keep me and my boyfriend fed for about 3-4 days.

Chicken

3 Boneless chicken breasts (I bought a pack of 5 but only used 3 because they were huge)
salt and pepper
1 cup of cornstarch
2 beaten eggs
1/4 cup of vegetable oil

Sweet and Sour Sauce

3/4 cup sugar
4 tbs ketchup
1/2 apple cider vinegar
1 tbs soy sauce
1 tsp garlic salt

I needed to double the amount of sauce I made because the chicken breasts I got were huge and there was a lot of chicken. So if you're not a saucy person, just make the amount listed above. Also, for extra sweetness, you can added pineapples. That's the next thing i want to try because I LOVE pineapples.

Preheat the over to 350. Clean chicken breasts and cut all the fatty parts off. Then cut the chicken breasts into bite sized pieces. Once the chicken is cut up, take the cornstarch and put it into a bag. Put the chicken into the ziplock bag with the cornstarch, salt and pepper to taste and mix around until all chicken is evenly coated. Heat up the oil in a skillet. Take the chicken out and mix it with the 2 beaten eggs and put chicken into skillet. Brown both sides but don't cook chicken all the way.  Mix all the sauce ingredients into a bowl. When the chicken has been semi-cooked, put into a baking non-stick pan and spread the chicken out. Pour the sauce over the chicken and put in the oven for an hour. The chicken needs to be flipped and mixed around every 15 minutes.

The sauce will be liquidy at first but towards the last 20 minutes or so, the sauce will thicken up.

Fried Rice

3 cups white rice
3 tbs sesame oil
3 cloves of garlic, minced
1 small onion, chopped
2 beaten eggs
1/4 cup of soy sauce
1/4 cup of teriyaki sauce

Cook the rice. Take the onions and garlic and brown them in the sesame oil. Once the mix is transparent or golden brown, push it over to the side in your skillet and pour in the eggs. Let the eggs cook up and mix them up with the garlic and onions. Pour in the rice, soy sauce and teriyaki sauce and mix well. Once everything is mixed and thoroughly heated, you can serve.

For the rice, I ended up needing to switch pots because mine wasn't big enough, so get a big one.

I also served some sauteed vegetables with the meal.

Sauteed Vegetables

1 squash
1 zuchini
1 medium onion
3 tbs seasme oil
soy sauce and teriyaki sauce to taste
salt and pepper

Heat up the sesame oil and add chopped up squash, zuchini, and onions. Let the mixture brown up and add the soy sauce and teriyaki sauce. Add salt and pepper to taste.

I definetly will be making this meal again but it was really time consuming. It took me about 2 and half hours and I had to have my boyfriend help me. I'm new at the whole cooking thing, so maybe it doesnt take the long and hopefully it won't take so long in the future after I get better at cooking.