Step-by-Step Guide to Prepare Perfect Popcorn Chicken Thighs with Tangy Sweet and Sour Sauce

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Blend the jelly, juice, sugar, vinegar, soy, and ginger into a fine, loose, puree. Pour some of the pureed sauce into a dipping bowl, and serve with the popcorn chicken. This sweet and sour chicken dish is one you'll find yourself returning to again and again. Pre-cooked, frozen popcorn chicken simmered in a thick, homemade sweet-and-sour sauce is the secret to this fast and fabulous recipe.

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To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have popcorn chicken thighs with tangy sweet and sour sauce using 15 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Popcorn Chicken Thighs with Tangy Sweet and Sour Sauce:

1. Get 2 1/2 lb boneless, skinless, chicken thighs
2. Make ready 5 cup corn oil
3. Make ready 2 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
4. Take 1/4 tsp turmeric
5. Make ready 1 tsp granulated garlic
6. Get 1 tsp onion powder
7. Take 2 tsp salt
8. Make ready 1 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
9. Get 4 large eggs, lightly beaten
10. Take 9 oz apricot jelly
11. Take 1/2 cup apple juice
12. Get 1/4 cup brown sugar
13. Get 1/4 cup rice wine vinegar
14. Get 1/4 cup soy sauce
15. Prepare 1 quarter inch coin of ginger

To replicate the crisp, crunchy coating, I dredge the nuggets in a dry mixture of wheat flour and cornstarch before double dipping them in a batter. Add browned chicken pieces and stir to coat chicken with the sauce. Mix the sauce ingredients together in a medium bowl and pour over the chicken. Bake for an hour, turn the chicken once or twice while cooking to spread evenly with the sauce.

Instructions to make Popcorn Chicken Thighs with Tangy Sweet and Sour Sauce:

1. Why thighs? They are just tastier than breasts, and they are cheaper, and your company/kids won't know when they are covered in dredge. Wash the thighs thoroughly and unfurl them. Boneless thighs can be unrolled.
2. Lay out about 2 feet of plastic wrap on a clean surface.
3. Place an unfurled thigh in the center of one foot of plastic wrap, and then pull the other foot over the thigh.
4. Grap a culinary mallet or your favorite heavy gauge hammer, and pound the thigh mercilessly, like it's some sort of therapy session. You are looking to reduce it to tatters. Rip the remnants up with your hands into popcorn size bits, and pile them in a bowl. Repeat for all the chicken.
5. In a 2 or 3qt saucepan, heat about 2 inches of corn oil on medium heat. I'm guesstimating it's about 5 cups.
6. Mix the flour, turmeric, garlic, onion powder, salt, pepper.
7. The chicken tatters go into the eggs, and then the flour dredge. Toss the flour dredge on to the tatters and lightly toss. Then, toss the dredged tatters into the pan with the hot oil.
8. Cook the tatters until golden, keeping enough space in the pan between tatters to maintain their independence. If you have any thick pieces, keep them in a bit longer, and be sure to remove from heat the little pieces before the big ones. Cooked bits should be placed on a plate of paper towels to drain.
9. Blend the jelly, juice, sugar, vinegar, soy, and ginger into a fine, loose, puree.
10. Pour some of the pureed sauce into a dipping bowl, and serve with the popcorn chicken.

Mix the sauce ingredients together in a medium bowl and pour over the chicken. Bake for an hour, turn the chicken once or twice while cooking to spread evenly with the sauce. Place chicken thighs on the baking sheet and lightly sprinkle chicken and peppers with salt if desired. Mix together the sweet and sour sauce. Brush the sauce onto the chicken.

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