Cara's Sweet and Sour Crock Pot Chicken

The dish
In the crockpot

Simmering the sauce
Frying the chicken

I tried this tonight, it takes 1 1/4 hours for prep though (didn't really like that) but it was pretty good. I didn't serve it with rice but with macaroni noodles. The recipe also calls for 5 1/4 hours in the crock pot, I would maybe make it 3 due to my chicken being kind of dry.

Serves 4-6

Chicken
4 boneless skinless chicken breasts or 6-8 boneless skinless chicken thighs
1/2 tsp garlic salt
1/4 cup cornstarch
2 eggs, well beaten
2 tbsp oil (I used olive)

Sauce

1/4 cup sugar or temp stable substitute
1/2 cup rice or white vinegar
1/4 cup chicken stock
1 dash salt
3-4 tbsp catsup to taste
1 tbsp soy sauce

Trim the chicken fat and gristle, then cut the breasts or thighs into thirds.
Sprinkle both sides with garlic salt; place into container and let stand in the fridge for an hour.
Pre heat your crock pot on low
Take the chicken from the fridge; put cornstarch and beaten eggs in seperate shallow pans or dishes.
Dredge the chicken pieces in the corn starch, then the egg
In a large skillet over medium temp, heat the oil; slowly cook the dredged chicken pieces; frying to a golden brown on both sides; about 6-7 min per side
Remove the chicken from the skillet and place in the crock pot.
In a saucepan over medium heat, combine the sugar (or sugar sub)vinegar, chicken stock, salt, catsup and soy sauce; simmer, stirring occasionally, until sugar has dissolved and ingredients have incorporated well.
Pour the sauce over the cooked chicken in the crockpot
Cook on low for (4 hours or 3 if you don't want dry chicken.. your crockpot may be different than mine.. i have a extra large one), then serve with rice or noodles.. enjoy!