Simple Sweet and Sour Chicken

This is one of those "go-to" recipes in my repertoire. It's super easy to make, comes together quickly and everybody loves it. It's nothing like the Chinese restaurant version of sweet and sour chicken but is tasty just the same. And a much healthier version without all that breading and oil from frying the chicken.

What You'll Need:
1-2 Tbs. olive oil
1 medium yellow onion
1 red bell pepper
1 green bell pepper
1 clove garlic, crushed
1 cup chopped carrots (I cheated... I bought a bag of precut slices at Trader Joes)
3 chicken breasts
1 can diced tomatoes
1 small can pineapple tidbits
1/4 brown sugar, packed
1/4 cup ketchup
1/2 tsp ground ginger
2 Tbs soy sauce

What You'll Do:
Using a large sauté pan, heat 2 Tbs olive oil over high heat. I prefer the pan be nice and hot before I even put the chicken in the pan. I want it to sizzle as soon as I place the chicken. Gives it a better sear and color. Cook the chicken until nearly cooked all the way through. (4-5 minutes each side). Remove the chicken and set aside. You don't want to fully cook the chicken in this step or it will be over cooked in the finished dish. Reserve the oil in the pan.

Place the chopped onion, bell peppers, carrots and crushed garlic in the hot pan and stir fry 2-3 minutes until the onions begin to soften, cooking and stirring consistently. Add the can of diced tomatoes and pineapple. Stir until combined and let simmer 2-3 minutes.

Add brown sugar and ketchup and stir. Add soy sauce and ground ginger and stir. Chop the chicken breasts and return the chicken to the pot. Stir. Cover and let simmer about 5 mins. Serve over hot rice.