hello hi everyone! Wesley here. Today we’re adding on to our series on foods from TV and Film with a sweet and sour chicken, inspired by “How I Met Your Mother.” Its origins (as you may have guessed) very much come from American cuisine, and for this reason, very prominently features the use of both canned pineapple AND the pineapple syrup that it’s canned in, for an almost aggressively sweet quality.

It is commonly paired with a handful of other colorful veggies like red bell pepper and white onion, and of course makes use of the all American classic condiment, Ketchup, in order to achieve that bright red color that you’ll know and love. We’ll be using one of my favorite go-to fried chicken recipes with a double fried, carbonated soda water tempura batter, which yields (in my opinion) the best fried chicken results in a Chinese glazed chicken dish like this one that i’ve ever managed.

Bookmark the recipe here (out July 30th!), bookmark the stream here, and pick up the ingredients below if you want to follow along and cook dinner with me.

INGREDIENTS

• 1 lb ground meat (pork or chicken)

• 1/2 tsp corn starch

• 1/2 tsp white pepper

• 6-8 Thai chiles

• 1/2 medium red onion

• 2 green onions

• 1 head butter lettuce

• peanut oil

INGREDIENTS (rice powder)

• 1/2 cup glutinous rice (or jasmine rice)

• 1 inch (about 4-6 slices) glangal root

• 4-6 kaffir lime leaves

• 1 lemongrass stalk

INGREDIENTS (sauce)

• 2 tbsp fish sauce

• 1/2 lime juice

• 1 tbsp brown sugar

• pinch kosher salt