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Tahitian Chicken

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Recipe

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup vegetable oil
  • 3/4 cup flour
  • 2 frying chickens, cut up
  • 3 tablespoons cornstarch
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 cup vinegar
  • 3 tablespoons soy sauce
  • Cooked white rice

Directions

  1. Heat oil in a large frying pan. Wash the chicken pieces and roll them in flour. Brown the chicken in the hot oil.
  2. Mix cornstarch, sugar, water, vinegar, and soy sauce in a small mixing bowl. Place browned chicken pieces in a 13 by 9 by 2 baking pan in a single layer. Pour the sauce mixture over the chicken. Bake 1 hour at 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
  3. Serve on a bed of white rice.
Yield
8